DE PROPRIETATE PROBANDA

de proprietate probanda (dee pr[schwa]-prI-[schwa]-tay-tee pr[schwa]-ban-d[schwa]), n. [Law Latin “for proving property”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to investigate the ownership of distrained goods claimed by a defendant in a replevin action. “If therefore the distreinor claims any such property, the party replevying must sue out a writ de proprietate probanda, in which the […]