Demi-Mark
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A sum of money (6s., 8d., 3 Bl. Comm. App. v.) tendered and paid into court in certain cases in the trial of a writ of right by the grand assize. Co. Litt. 294b; Booth, Real Actions, 98. It was paid by the tenant to obtain an inquiry by the grand assize into the time of note. It compelled the demandant to begin. 3 Chit. PI. 1373. It is unknown in American practice. 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 546; Stearns, Real Actions, 878.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A sum of money (6s. 8d., 3 Bla. Com. App. v.) tendered and paid into court in certain cases in the trial of a writ of right by the grand assize. Co. Litt. 294 o; Booth, Real Act. 98. It was paid by the tenant to obtain an inquiry by the grand assize into the time of the demandant's seisin; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law 429; Stearns, Real Act. 378. It compelled the demandant to begin; 3 Chit. PI. 1373. It is unknown in American practice; Bradstreet v. Supervisors of Oneida County, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 546.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Half a mark ; a sum of money which was anciently required to be tendered in a writ of right, the effect of such tender being to put the demandant, in the first instance, upon proof of the seisin as stated in his count; that is, to prove that the seisin was in the king's reign there stated. Rose. Real Act. 216.
Defined under Mark in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Half a mark; a sum of money which was anciently required to be tendered in a writ of right, the effect of such tender being to put the demanilant, in the first instance, upon proof of the seisin asG stated in his count; that is, to prove that the seisin was in the king’s reign there stated. Kose. Real Act. 216,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Demy-mark. [L. Lat. dimidxa marca.^ In old English practice. Half a mark; a sum of money of the value of six shillings and eight pence, the tender of which was formerly necessary in a writ of right; the effect of such tender being to put the demandant, in the first instance, upon proof of the seisin as stated in his count, that is, to prove that the seisin was in the king's reign there stated. Boscoe*s Real Act, 216. 2 Bl. Com. Appendix, No. I. sect. 6. F. N. B. 5 M. Holt's N. P. Cos. 657. See Cowell, voc. Half-mark. According to Mr. Reeves, it was something given to obtain the favor of a trial by the grand assise. 1 Reeves' Hist, 429, 480. See Mark.