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Causa Hospitandi

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

For the purpose of being entertained as a guest. 4 Maule & S. 310. CAUSA JACTITATIONIS MARITAGII (Lat.) A form of action which anciently lay against a party who boasted or gave out that he or she was married to the plaintiff, whereby a common reputation of their marriage might ensue. 3 Bl. Comm. 93. CAUSA MATRIMONII PRAELOCUTI (Lat.) A writ lying where a > woman has given lands to a man in fee simple, with the intention that he shall marry her, and he refuses so to do within a reasonable time, upon suitable request. Cowell. Now obsolete. 3 Bl. Comm. 183, note.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

For the sake of hospitality.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

For the pur- CAUSA JACTITATIONIS MARITA-