Debt
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
1.
An old action having for its object the recovery of a specific sum of money; \.
Debent. 2.
Indebitatus assumpsit: V. Assumpsit. Debt of record: a judgment or recognizance debt. Debt by specialty: a debt acknowledged by writing under seal.