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Gloucester

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

STATUTE OF. An English statute, passed 6 Edw. I., A. D. 1278. So called because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes made at Gloucester which do not bear this name. See St. 2 Rich. 11.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

STATUTE OF. An English statute, 6 Edw. I., c. 1, A. D. 1278; so called because it was passed at Gloucester. It was the first statute giving to a successful plaintiff “the costs of his writ purchased.” There were other statutes made at Gloucester which do not beai\this name. See stat. 2 Rich. II.; Costs. GO. To issue, as applied to the process of a court 1 W. Bla. 50; 5 Mod. 421; 18 C. B. 35. Not frequent in modern use. To be discharged from attendance at court See Go Without Day. In a statute of descents, to go to is to vest in.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

statute of. An English statute, the reign of Edward L It is in fifteen is commented on by Coke in 'his second statute that gave costs in actions. Go. To be dismissed from court, as to go court, as a process; to rest or proceed,

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

STATUTE OF. The statute is the 6 Edw. I. ¢.1, A. D. 1278. It takes its name from the place of its enactment, and was the first statute giving costs in actions.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The statute of this name was of the reign of Edward I. (1278), providing giving a writ of cessavit to lessors of the heir an immediate writ of entry in alienated the land {in casu proviso); trespass de bonis under 40 «. should be courts, that an appeal of murder should fresh suit, that no waste should be about the lands, that a citizen of London, should: a general clause is specially mentioned. A man entitled to Gerere pro haerede: to same stock.; amerciament.; transactions. in tail. corporation; friborgh. company. paid his scot and lot; en le bouche: it lies action bien gist: the Legibus et Consuetudinibtts