Supremus Est

QUEM NEMO SEQUItur. He is last whom no one follows. Dig. 50. 16. 92. SUR (French). Upon. In the titles of real actions, "sur" was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a reversion or seigniory, in certain cases where his tenant repudiated his tenure, was called "a writ of right sur disclaimer." So, a writ of entry sur disseisin was a real action SUR cur IN VITA. A writ tliat lay for the heir of a woman whose hnsband had aliened her land in fee, and she had omitted to bring the writ of mi m vita for the recovery thereof, in which case, her heir might have this writ against the tenant after her decease. CoweU. See "Cui In Vita."