- essoin de malo lecti
- An essoign that the defendant was sick in his bed.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
essoin de malo lecti
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malo lecti — See essoin de malo lecti … Ballentine's law dictionary
de malo lecti — See essoin de malo lecti … Ballentine's law dictionary
de essonio de malo lecti — /diy ssowniyow diy maelow lektay/ A writ which issued upon an essoin of malum lecti being cast, to examine whether the party was in fact sick or not … Black's law dictionary
de essonio de malo lecti — /diy ssowniyow diy maelow lektay/ A writ which issued upon an essoin of malum lecti being cast, to examine whether the party was in fact sick or not … Black's law dictionary
Essoin — In old English law, an essoin is an excuse for nonappearance in court. Essoining is the seeking of the same. The person sent to deliver the excuse to the court is an essoiner or essoineur.cite book|title=A New Law Dictionary and… … Wikipedia
essoin de mal de lit — Same as essoin de malo lecti … Ballentine's law dictionary
de malo — /diy maelow/ Of illness. This phrase was frequently used to designate several species of essoin (q.v.), such as de malo lecti, of illness in bed; de malo veniendi, of illness (or misfortune) in coming to the place where the court sat; de malo… … Black's law dictionary
de malo — /diy maelow/ Of illness. This phrase was frequently used to designate several species of essoin (q.v.), such as de malo lecti, of illness in bed; de malo veniendi, of illness (or misfortune) in coming to the place where the court sat; de malo… … Black's law dictionary
de anno bissextili — /diy snow baysekstaylay/ Of the bissextile or leap year. The title of a statute passed in the twenty first year of Henry III, which in fact, however, is nothing more than a sort of writ or direction to the justices of the bench, instructing them… … Black's law dictionary
licentia surgendi — /bsensh(iy)a ssrjenday/ In old English practice, license to arise; permission given by the court to a tenant in a real action, who had cast an essoin de malo lecti, to arise out of his bed. Also, the writ thereupon. If the demandant can show that … Black's law dictionary
