DIEM CLAUSIT EXTREMUM

diem clausit extremum (dI-[schwa]m klaw-zit ek-stree-m[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “he closed his last day”] Hist. 1. A chancery writ, founded on the statute of Marlbury, ordering the county escheator, after the death of a chief tenant of the Crown, to summon a jury to determine the amount and value of land owned by the chief […]