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withernam
withernam Law. Now Hist. (ˈwɪðənɑːm) Also 4–6 wyther-, (4 -ir-), 5–6 wether-, wider-, 4–7 -name. [Law-French (in Britton wythernam), presumably a. ON. viðrnám recorded only in the sense ‘resistance’ (but cf. early Da. vedernam pledge), f. viðr- wither-1 + nám naam. The etymological meaning is ‘repri...
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capias
‖ capias Law. (ˈkæpɪæs) [L. capias ‘thou mayest take’.] A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; also called writ of capias. The term Capias includes writs of various kinds; capias ad respondendum, to enforce attendance at court; ca...
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Crediton
in enforcing their warren and other rights; in 1351 Bishop Grandisson obtained an exemplification of judgments of 1282 declaring that he had pleas of withernam
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wither-
▪ I. wither-1, prefix repr. OE. wiþer-, OFris. wither-, OS. withar-, OHG. widar- (MHG., G. wider-), = the adv. wiþer (see wither a.) used with ns., adjs., and verbs (cf. with- 3), chiefly in the sense (1) against, in opposition or hostility, as in OE. wiþercrist antichrist, wiþercwide contradiction,...
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List of writs
In withernam, where a distress is carried out of the county and an equal amount of the distrainor's goods are to be taken instead.
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replevisable
replevisable, a. Law. (rɪˈplɛvɪsəb(ə)l) Also 6–7 -is(s)h-. [a. AF. replevis(s)able: see replevish v.1 and -able.] That may be replevied.[1275 Stat. Westm. c. 15 La gent que ne sunt mie replevisables, et..ceaus que estoient replevisables.]1532 Dial. on Laws Eng. ii. xlii. 100 b, If he lette any to re...
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irreplevisable
irreplevisable, a. Law. (ɪrɪˈplɛvɪzəb(ə)l) [f. ir-2 + replevisable.] Not replevisable; that cannot be replevied or delivered on sureties.1621 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 10 To distreyn vppon any his own Lands, and to hold yt irreplevizable till I was paid. 1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (164...
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John-a-stiles
† ˈJohn-a-ˈstiles Obs. Forms: 6 John at Stile, of the Stile, 6–7 -a-stile, 7 -a-Stiles, -a-Styles, 7–8 a Stiles. [orig. John atte Stile, i.e. John (who dwells) at the stile.] (See John-a-nokes.)1531 Dial. on Laws England i. vi. 12 If a man be out⁓lawed, and after by his wyll byqueth certayne goodes ...
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naam
naam, n. Hist. Law. (nɑːm) Also nam. [OE. naam, nám, a. ON. nám, Goth. -nêm (in andanêm), related by ablaut to the vb. niman to take, nim. Hence med.L. namium, namum. The ONF. namps, nampt, and med.L. namptum, namtum, nantum (see Du Cange), are prob. of Scand. origin.] The act of taking another's go...
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