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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A writ that lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land comes to. Reg. Orig. 182. ONERARI NON (Lat. ought not to be burdened).

In pleading. The name of a plea by which the defendant says that he ought not to be charged. It is used in an action of debt. 1 Saund. 290, note (a).

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ for relief of a tenant who had to pay more than his share of rent.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A writ that lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land comes to. Reg. Orig. 182.