Destruere
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. To destroy. JVWlus liber homjo capiatur — aui aliquo modo destruatur; no freeman shall be taken — or in any manner destroyed. Magna Charta, c. 29. Lord Coke construes destroyed to mean, forejudged of life or limb, disherited or put to torture or death. 2 Inst. 48. Every oppression against law by color of any usurped authority is a kind of destruction. Id, ibid.