casu proviso
casu proviso (kay-s[y]oo pr[schwa]-vI-zoh). [Latin “in the case provided”] Hist. A writ of entry to recover a reversion in land alienated by a tenant in dower, i.e., a widow with a life estate in the alienated land.
casu proviso (kay-s[y]oo pr[schwa]-vI-zoh). [Latin “in the case provided”] Hist. A writ of entry to recover a reversion in land alienated by a tenant in dower, i.e., a widow with a life estate in the alienated land.
droit-close (droyt klohz), n. [Law French] Hist. A writ against a lord on behalf of a tenant in ancient demesne holding land by charter in fee simple, in fee-tail, for life, or in dower.
de quarantina habenda (dee kwahr-[schwa]n-tI-n[schwa] h[schwa]-ben-d[ schwa]), n. [Law Latin “of return of quarantine”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to give a widow possession of part of her husband’s estate, after she had been wrongfully ejected but before dower is assigned. See QUARANTINE(4).
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admeasurement (ad-mezh-[schwa]r-m[schwa]nt), n. 1. Ascertainment, assignment, or apportionment by a fixed quantity or value, or by certain limits (the ship’s admeasurement is based on its crew, engine, and capac-ity). 2. A writ obtained for purposes of ascertaining, assigning, or apportioning a fixed quantity or value or to establish limits; esp., a writ available against persons
de dote assignanda (dee doh-tee as-ig-nan-d[schwa]), n. [Law Latin “for assigning dower”] Hist. A writ ordering a royal escheater to provide dower to a widow of a tenant holding an estate directly from the Crown.
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de admensuratione dotis (dee ad-men-s[y]uu-ray-shee-oh-nee doh-tis), n. [Law Latin “of the admeasurement of dower”] Hist. A writ available to an heir (or the heir’s guardian if the heir is an infant) to reduce the dower of the ancestor’s widow who, while the heir was an infant, was assigned more dower than she was entitled to.
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pour seisir terres (poor sI-z[schwa]r ter-eez). [Law French “for seizing the lands”] Hist. A writ by which the Crown could seize land that the wife of its deceased tenant, who held in capite, had for her dower if she married without leave.
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