A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

ET MERO MOTU. L. Lat. Of special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion. Formal words used in royal grants and patents; de gratia speciali, showing the favor and bounty of the so

Breve. L. Lat. Writ to send the record and process of a cause to a superior court; a species of writ of error. Reg. Orig. 209.

See Conservator of the peace. GUARDIAN OF THE CINQUE

Stephen to the definition of Blackstone, that it takes no sufficient notice of the mvtuality of a contract, has apparently more weight; although, from Biackstone's own analysis of

Lat. The statute of ells and perches. The title of an English statute estab Ushing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Com. 276.

Lat. Articles on the New Tales. The title- of a small treatise on the method of pleading, subjoined to the collection called NovcB Narratumes. 3 Beeves* Hist, E,%aw, 152.

To take out a forfeited recognizance from the records of a court, and return it to the court of exchequer, to be prosecuted. See Estreat.

Lat. (We have given the power of receiving an attorney.) In old English practice. The name of a writ or commission from the crown, directed to the judges of a court, authorizing th

Lat. And of this he puU himself upon the country. The old conclusion of a plea in bar by way of traverse. Literally translated in the modem forms. See Conelusiofi to the country. E

) The books or customs of fiefs. A compilation of feudal law made about A. D. 1150, (or 1170, according to some,) at Milan, in Lombardy. It is the most ancient work on the subject,

Lat. And this he prays may be inquired of by the country. The conclusion of a plaintiff's pleading, tendering an issue to the country. 1 Salk. 6. Literally translated in the modem