Et Inde Producit Sectam

Lat. And thereupon, (or thereof,) he produces suit. A formula used at the conclusion of declarations, from a very early period, to express the fact that the plaintiff produced to the court, at the time of declaring, the testimony of his secta, (i. e. his suit or followers,) for the purpose of confirming his allegations, which the ancient law required.

Bract. 214 b, 410 a. Steph. Plead. 429. 3 Bl. Com. 296. Gilb. C. Pleas, 48. Towns. Pl. 166.

This soon became a mere form, but the clause was retained, though apparently in a new sense, as being supposed to express summarily the grounds of the suit or action, and was afterwards translated into the English formula: "And thereupon (or therefore) he brings his suit," with which declarations now conclude. See Suit, Secta.