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Statutory Staple

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

An ancient writ that lay to take the body of a person and seize the lands and goods of one who had forfeited a bond called statute staple.

Reg. Orig. 151.