- Old Natura Brevium
- A book or account compiled in the reign of Edward the Third, describing the writs in common use at that time.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Old Natura Brevium
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old natura brevium — /owld natyura briyviyam/ The title of a treatise written in the reign of Edward III, containing the writs which were then most in use, annexing to each a short comment concerning their nature and the application of them, with their various… … Black's law dictionary
Natura Brevium — An old collection of original writs which was compiled during the reign of Edward the Third … Ballentine's law dictionary
Cape (writ) — In old British law, a cape was a judicial writ concerning a plea of lands and tenements; so called, as most writs are, from the word which carried the chief intention of the writ.The writ was divided into cape magnum , or the grand cape , and… … Wikipedia
O.N.B. — An abbreviation for Old Natura Brevium … Black's law dictionary
