De Recto
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Writ of right. Reg. Orig. 1, 2; Bracton, fol. 327b. DE RECTO DE ADVOCATIONE (Lat. of right of advowson; called, also, de droit de advocatione). A writ which lay to restore the right of presentation to a benefice, for him who had an advowson, to himself and heirs in fee simple, if he was disturbed in ' the presentation. Y. B. 39 Hen. VI. 20a; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 30 (B). DE RECTO DE RATIONABl Ll PARTE. Writ of right of reasonable part. A writ which lay between privies in blood, as between brothers in gavelkind, or between sisters or other coparceners for lands in fee simple, where one was deprived of his or her share by another. Reg. Orig. 3b; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 9 (B). Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27.
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
Writ of right. Reg. Orig. 1, 2; Braet. fol. 3276. See Writ or Rient.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Breve. L. Lat. Writ of right Me^f. Orig. 1, 2. Bract, fol. 82*7 b. See Writ of Right.