Super

Lat Upon; above; over.

— Super altum mare. On the high sen. Hob. 212; 2 Ld. Raym. 1453.

— Super praerogativa regis. A writ which formerly lay against the king's tenant's widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 174.

— Super statuto. A writ, upon the statute 1 Edw. III. c. 12, that lay against the king's tenant holding in chief, who aliened the king's land without his license.

— Super statuto de artieulis cleri. A writ which lay against a sheriff or other officer who distrained in the king's highway, or on lands anciently belonging to the church.
—Super statuto facto pour seneschal et marshal de roy, etc. A writ which lay against a steward or marshal for holding plea m his court, or for trespass or contracts not made or arising within the king's household. Wharton.

— Super statuto versus servantes et laboratores. A writ which lay against him who kept any servants who had left the service of another contrary to law.

— Super visum corporis. Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super visum corporis.