Excess
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In pleading. A replication to the plea molliter rnanus imposuit, that defendant used more force than was necessary. EXCESSIVUIVI IN JURE REPROBATUR; excessus in re qualibet jure reprobatur communi. Excess in law is reprehended; excess in anjrthing is reprehended at common law, Co. Litt. 44,