MONSTRAVERUNT

monstraverunt (mon-str[schwa]-veer-[schwa]nt). [Latin “they have showed”] Hist. A writ of relief for tenants of ancient demesne who were distrained by their lord to do more than the tenure required. — Also termed writ of monstraverunt. “The little writ serves the turn of a man who claims land according to the custom of the manor; but […]