Mortuus Civiliter
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Civil death. This incident attended every attainder of treason or other felony, whereby in the language of Lord Coke the attainted person “is disabled to bring any action, for he is extra legem mortum"; Co. Litt 199. He could be heard in court only for the direct purpose of reversing the attainder, and not in prosecution of a civil right; 1 B. & A. 159. He could be grantor or grantee after' attainder, and the grant would be good against all persons except the king; Shepard, Touch. 231.