quaerens non invenit plegium

quaerens non invenit plegium (kweer-enz non in-vee-nit plee-jee-[schwa]m). [Law Latin “the plaintiff did not find a pledge”] Hist. A sheriff’s return to a writ requiring him to take security from the plaintiff for prosecution of the plaintiff’s claim.

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