Cui ante divortium
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
(To whom before divorce.) A writ for a woman divorced from her husband to recover her lands and tenements which she "ad in fee-simple or in tail, or for life, from nim to whom her husband alienated them during the marriage, when she could not gainsay it. Reg. Orig. 233.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. (To whom before the divorce.) A writ of entry brought by a woman divorced to recover lands of hers which the husband had alienated during coverture. Cui in vita: a similar writ brought by a widow to recover lands alienated by her husband in his lifetime. Cui bono: for whose good, frequently mistranslated "for what good." Cui licet quod majus, non debet quod minus est non licerc: he to whom the greater [act or power] is lawful, ought not to be prohibited from the less.