"Acquietandis Plegiis" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate …

To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

In old conveyancing. one of the parts of a fine, being an abstract of the writ of covenant, and the …

In contracts. A writ-ten discharge, whereby one ls freed from an obligation to pay money or perform a duty. It …

A phrase used when a defendant pleads some matter by which he shows that the plaintiff had no cause to …

For the admitting of the clerk. A writ ln the nature of an execution, commanding the bishop to admit hls …

At common law. The name of a writ of eutry (now

To the disherison. or disinheriting; to the injury of the Inheritance. Bract, fol. 15a; 3 Bl. Comm. 288. Formal words …

To lnqulre; a wrlt of inquiry; a judicial writ, commanding inquiry to be made of any thing relating to a …

Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by …

A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See 45 Law J. Q-B. 711

A writ of execution upon a right of presentation to a benefice being recovered ln quare impedit, addressed to the …

A writ for associating certain persons, as knights and other gentlemen of the county, to jus-tlces of assize on the …

To show. Form-al words in old writs, fleta, lib. 4, c. 65, t 12

The name of a writ formerly issuing from the English chan-cery, commanding the sheriff to make ln-quiry “to what damage” …

To recog-nlze. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 65, | 12. Formal words in old writs

For answer-ing; to make answer; words used in certain writs employed for bringing a person before the court to make …

To Rntisfy. The emphatic words of the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, which requires the sheriff to take the person …

For a term which has passed, words In the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law …