Nuper obiit — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

He recently died, a writ to recover possession for a coheiress dispossessed by her coparcener.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat, In practice. The name of a writ (now abolished) which, in the English law, lay for a slater co-heiress dispossessed by her coparcener of lands and tenements whereof their father, brother or any common ancestor died seised of an estote in fee-simple. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 197.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat.

In practice. The but consent name of a writ (now abolished) which, in the

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Lately deceased. The name of a writ, in old English practice, issued on behalf of a coheiress, dispossessed by her coparcener of lands of which their common ancestor died seised in fee-simple, to establish a proper division of the lands. The name was derived from the Latin words in a clause of the writ referring to the ancestor who had lately deceased. NUPTI^. Nuptials; marriage. Nuptiae secundse. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first. See Bigamy. Nuptias non concubitus sed consensus faoit. Not cohabitation, but