outlawry proceedings
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outlawry — /owt law ree/, n., pl. outlawries. 1. the act or process of outlawing. 2. the state of being outlawed. 3. disregard or defiance of the law: a man whose outlawry had made him a folk hero. [1350 1400; ME outlauerie < AF utlagerie, ML utlagaria < ME … Universalium
allocator exigent — /aebkeytar egzajsnt/ A species of writ anciently issued in outlawry proceedings, on the return of the original writ of exigent. See exigent … Black's law dictionary
allocator exigent — /aebkeytar egzajsnt/ A species of writ anciently issued in outlawry proceedings, on the return of the original writ of exigent. See exigent … Black's law dictionary
allocato comitatu — An old writ used in outlawry proceedings … Ballentine's law dictionary
exigent — A writ which was used in outlawry proceedings when the defendant could not be found. The writ required the sheriff to cause the defendant to be proclaimed, required or exacted in five county courts successively, to render himself, and if he did,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
proclamation on exigent — In outlawry proceedings, the sheriff s proclamation that the defendant will be outlawed if he does not surrender. If a non est inventus is returned upon a capias, an alias writ, and a pluries writ, successively, a writ of exigent is sued out… … Ballentine's law dictionary
quinto exactus — In outlawry proceedings, the sheriff s return after the fifth proclamation, or summons. But if he does not appear, and is returned quinto exactus (required for the fifth time), he shall then be outlawed by the coroners of the county. See 3 Bl… … Ballentine's law dictionary
writ of proclamation — A writ directed to the sheriff of the county of the defendant s residence, commanding the sheriff to make three proclamations of the pendency of outlawry proceedings against the defendant. This was a statutory requirement, the purpose of which… … Ballentine's law dictionary
List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament to 1601 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers after the … Wikipedia
attainder — at·tain·der /ə tān dər/ n [Anglo French atteinder, from ateindre to convict, sentence, literally, to reach, attain, ultimately from Latin attingere to reach, from ad to + tangere to touch]: the termination of the civil rights of a person upon a… … Law dictionary
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