Per and Cui

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

When a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cvA, because the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised it. 2 Bl. Comm. 181.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One of the “degrees” in which a writ of entry may be brought in case there was a second alienation or descent, the form of the writ in that case being that the tenant had not entry, but by or under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder demised it. See 3 Bl. Comm. 181.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

When a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cui, because the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised it 3 Bla. Com. 181. See Entry, Writ of. PER ANNULUM ET BACULUM (Lat). In Ecclesiastical Law. The symbolical investiture of an ecclesiastical dignity was per annulum et baculum, i. e. by the ring and staff. 1 Bla. Com. 378; 1 Burn, Eccl. Law 209.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

When a writ of entry ls brought against a second alienee or descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cui, because the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised it. 3 Bl. Comm. 181.