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Simplex Dictum

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English practice. Simple averment; mere assertion without proof. Bracton, fol.

320.

SIMPLEX ET PURA DONATIO DICI POterit, ubi nulla est adjecta conditio nee modus. A gift Is said to be pure and simple when no condition or qualification is annexed.

Bracton, 1.

SIMPLEX JUSTITIARIUS (Law Lat.) In old records.

Simple justice

A name sometimes given to a puisne justice.

Cowell.