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† formedon Law.|ˈfɔːmɪdɒn|
Also 5 fourme doon, 5–6 form(e)downe, 6–7 formdon(e.
[AF., f. Law Lat. phr. forma dōnī form of gift.]
A writ of right formerly used for claiming entailed property (see quot. 1628).
[1485,1768: see descender1.] 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 60 §1 The seid Hugh..[may] pursue for the recovere of the same londes by fourme doon or otherwise. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. xi. (1539) 17 The Kynges writte of Formdone. 1628Coke On Litt. 326 b, There be three kinde of Writs of Formedon, viz. The first in the Discender to be brought by the issue in taile, which claime by discent Per formam doni. The second is in the Reuerter, which lieth for him in the reuersion or his heires or Assignes after the state taile be spent. The third is [in] the Remainder, which the Law giueth to him in the remainder, his Heires or Assignes after the determination of the estate taile. 1680Filmer Patriarcha iii. §17 (1884) 71 Who brought a formedon against a poor man. 1741T. Robinson Gavelkind vi. 106 The Writ of Formedon brought by Daughters. 1876Digby Real Prop. iv. §3. 193 This was called the writ of ‘formedon in the descender’. |