Praedictus

PRAEDICTA, or PRAEdictum (Lat.)

In old pleading. Aforesaid. Abbreviated in old entries praed., praedict., p'dc'us, etc. Hob. 117; 10 Coke, 65. Of the three words, idem, praedictus, and praefatus (all corresponding to the English aforesaid), idem, was most usually applied to plaintiffs or demandants; praedictus, to defendants or tenants, places, towns, or lands; and praefatus, to persons named, not being actors or parties. Towns. PI. 15. PRAEDIUM DOMINANS (Lat. the ruling estate).

In civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due. It is called the ruling estate. PRAEDIUM RUSTICUM (Lat. a country estate).

In civil law. By this is understood all heritages which are not destined foi: the use of man's habitation; such, for example, as lands, meadows, orchards, gardens, woods, even though they should be within the boundaries of a city. PRAEDIUM SERVIENS (Lat.)

In civil law. The name of an estate which suffers or yields a service to another estate, PRAEDIUM URBANUM (Lat.)

In civil law. By this term is understood buildings and edifices intended for the habitation and use of man, whether they be built in cities or whether they be constructed in the country. PRAEDO (Lat.)

In Roman law. A robber. See Dig. 50. 17. 126.

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In old English law. Aforesaid, the aforesaid, — meaning the last antecedent