Super Statuto
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
1 Edw. III. c. 12.
A writ that lay against the king's tenant holding in chief, who aliened the king's land without his license.
SUPER STATUTO DE ARTICULIS CLErl
A writ which lay against a sheriff or other officer who distrained in the king's highway, or on lands anciently belonging to the church. SUPER STATUTO FACTO POUR SENEsehal et marshal de roy, etc. A writ which lay against a steward or marshal for holding plea in his court, or for trespass or contracts not made or arising within the king's household. SUPER STATUTO VERSUS SERVANtes et laboratores. A writ which lay against him who kept any servants who had left the service of another, contrary to law. SUPER VISUM CORPORE (Lat.) Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super 'mum corpore.
See Coroner.