"Fundamus" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

In the civil and common law. An action of contract; an action arising out of, or founded on, con-tract Inst. …

(Lat That the bill be quashed.) In practlce. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in …

Formerly a con-vent of Carthusian monks in London; now a college founded and endowed by Thomas Sutton. Tbe governors of …

In English practice. A writ directed to the sheriff of the county in which a defendant resides, or has any …

In the civU law. Founded on, growing out of, or having the character of, an emphyteusis; held under an emphyteusis. …

Cattle whose owner ls ur-known. 2 Kent, Comm. 359; Spelman; 29 Iowa, 437. Any beast, not wild, found with-In any …

In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a bishop’s certificate that the defendant had been excommunicated, …

Goods cast Into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are …

trove, who were the finders, and where it ls, and whether any one be suspected of having found and concealed …

In crlmlnal law. An article stolen, when found ln the bands of the thlef. A thlef caught with the stolen …

As much as he deserved. In pleading.- The common count in an action of assumpsit for work and labor, founded …

Literally, treas-ure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden in the earth or oth-er private place, …

In common-law practice, the action of trover (or trover and conversion) is a species of action on the case, and …