bill of revivor

bill of revivor
A special form of bill in equity for reviving a suit where the defect supervening on the proceeding is of such a nature as to cause an abatement, as where a plaintiff or defendant, suing or being sued in his own right, dies pending the suit. 19 Am J1st Eq § 355.

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  • bill of revivor — In equity practice, a bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance (as the death of the plaintiff), the suit had abated + bill of revivor One which is brought to continue… …   Black's law dictionary

  • bill of revivor and supplement — A bill in equity to revive an abated suit and to introduce and plead new matters which could not be supplied by amendment. Westcott v Cady (NY) 5 Johns Ch 334 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Revivor — Re*viv or, n. (Eng. Law) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, done by a bill of revivor. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bill — As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the most important of which are set forth below: Bill of Rights. A formal and emphatic legislative assertion and declaration of popular rights and liberties usually promulgated upon a …   Black's law dictionary

  • bill — As a legal term, this word has many meanings and applications, the most important of which are set forth below: Bill of Rights. A formal and emphatic legislative assertion and declaration of popular rights and liberties usually promulgated upon a …   Black's law dictionary

  • revivor, bill of — In equity practice, a bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance (as the death of the plaintiff), the suit had abated + bill of revivor One which is brought to continue… …   Black's law dictionary

  • revivor — A proceeding for the revival of an action abated by the death of a party. 1 Am J2d Abate etc § 117. See bill of revivor; revival of action …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • revivor and supplement — See bill of revivor and supplement …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • combined bill — A bill in equity combining a supplemental bill and a bill of revivor. See 27 Am J 2d Eq § 179 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • citatio ad reassumendam causam — /sayteysh(iy)ow aed riyaesyuwmendam kozam/ A summons to take up the cause. A process, in the civil law, which issued when one of the parties to a suit died before its determination for the plaintiff against the defendant s heir, or for the… …   Black's law dictionary

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