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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Eight such, i. e., eight more jurors.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Eight such ; eight such men; eight such Jurors. The name of a writ, at common law, which issues when upon a trial at bar, eight more jurors are necessary to fill the panel, commanding the sheriff to summon the requisite number. 3 Bl. Comm. 364. See Decem Tales.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. I.

In old English law. Eight such; a writ issued to the sheriff to summon eight such men as were summoned on the first panel, to make up a deficiency of jurors.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Eight such; eight such men; eight such jurors. The name of a writ, ab common law, which issues when upon a trial at bar, efg At more jurors are necessary to fill the panel, commanding the sheriff to sttmmon the requisite number. 8 Bl. Comm. 364, See Decem Taxes. OCcTROI. Fr, In old French law. Originally, a duty, which, by the permission of the scigneur, any city was accustomed to collect on liquors and some other goods, brought within its precincts, for the consumption of the inhabitants, Afterwards appropriated to the use of the king. Steph. Lect. p. 361. Oderunt peccars boni, virtutis amore; oderunt peccare mali, formidine pwn. Good men hate sin through love of virtue; bad men, through fear of punishment.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. such. 0. of. Ob turpem causam: for an solemnity; the anniversary office; without issue. v. Dictum. to the Crown; formerly a regular debts, in the Exchequer, Oblations. to God or the Church; mortuary or gifts for masses, funerals, etc. of church revenues. writing by which a person is legally Obligee: the party to whom a promthe beginnings. Obstupavit et obstruzit: stopped consuetudini rationabili tanquam is to be obeyed like law. himself.) An entry on the record when; revenue of a spiritual living. possession of a thing in default of: the first person who entered after the death of the tenant, and the death of the cestui que vie. If grant, as heir of the tenant, or special occupant. what previously belonged to no one; property. one ejected from his land in time a feast; one of the old return-days. Decern tales.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Eight such. The name of a writ, in old English practice, issued to the sheriff, where there is a deficiency of jurors, to summon eight more such men as were summoned upon the first panel.