De recto deficere
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. To &il of ri^hC; to fail in doing justice. A term applied to an inferior court in the old books.
Glanv. Ub. 12, c. 1.
Bract, fol.
105, 313 b, 329 b. 1 Reeves' Hist. l7l.
In the ancient law of France, the appeal of default of justice, {de defaute de droit,) was a proceeding when the court of a particular lord deferred, evaded, or refused to do justice to the parties. Esprit des Lois, liv.
28, c. 28.