Brevia formata
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Certain write of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions to which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the great council of the realm. Bract, fol. 4136.
Defined under Brevia in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Certain writs of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions te which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the vreat council of the realm. Bract. fol. 4136.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
English law, is the appellation given to the collection in the book styled The Register of Writs, (q. v-) when other forms were invented. The brevia formata were adapted to those causes of complaint that most frequently occurred.