单词 | melius inquirendum |
释义 | melius inquirendumn. Law. Now historical. A writ allowing a second inquiry into a case where partiality is suspected, esp. in land law.The melius inquirendum was ratified in the Act 2 & 3 of Edward II (see quot. 1549), but existed in Common Law since at least the mid 15th cent. (see quot. 1970). Quot. 1678 shows a transferred use. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ utrumc1290 quo warrantoa1325 writ of right closea1325 writ of oyer and terminer1414 writ of right1414 quare impedit?a1424 prohibition?1435 praecipec1440 supplicavita1450 replevy1451 ouster-le-main1485 praecipe in capitec1523 value1527 inhibition1532 rehabilitation1533 melius inquirendum1549 ne exeat regnum1559 quo minus1592 letters (or writ) of supplementc1600 inhibition1603 fair pleading1607 ingressu1607 ne exeat regno1607 account1622 associationa1625 ship-writ1640 cessavit1641 ne exeat1644 devastavit1651 right close1651 writ of second deliverance1652 fair pleader1655 beaupleader1700 proclamation writ1713 writ of inquiry1809 writ of intendence and respondence1881 1549 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI C. 8 Where any inquisicion or office is or shalbe founden by these wordes or lyke quod de quo vel de quibus, tenement a predicta tenetur iurat, predict, ignorant, or els founde holden of the kyng Per que seruic, ignorant, or such lyke, that in suche case suche Tenure, so incertenly founden..shall not be taken for any tenure in Capite, but in such cases, A melius inquirendum, to be awarded as hath been accustomed in olde tyme, any vsage of later tyme, to the contrarie notwythstandyng. 1635 T. Cranley Amanda clxiii. 57 Commence thy suite against the power of hell, By Writ of Melius Inquirendum brought. 1678 V. Alsop (title) Melius Inquirendum, or a sober Inquirie, into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquirie; wherein the Inquirers Eavils against the Principles, his Calumnies against the Preachings and practices of the Non-conformists are Examined, and refelled. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. x. 49 Clerks and Lawyers shall befriend 'um, With Writs and Melius Inquirendum. 1707 in William & Mary Q. (1930) 10 73 There has been a Superficial Inquiry into it, but in my Opinion there wants a Melius Inquirendum. 1777 G. Wilson tr. E. Coke Reports 4 viii. f. 68 It was clearly resolved by the two Chief Justices and the Chief Baron, that the said writ of Melius inquirendum was repugnant in itself, and gave not authority to find such office as was found. 1888 Dict. National Biogr. XVI. 63/1 In 1584 he was consulted as to the best mode of defending the revenues of the church against an apprehended confiscation by the crown under cover of a writ of melius inquirendum. 1970 E. de Haas & G. D. G. Hall Early Reg. Writs (Selden Soc.) p. xc In the time of Lawrence Booth, bishop from 1457 to 1476, four more writs were added. The first..is to the bishop's escheator and is a melius inquirendum about lands held in Cassop by a widow Joan. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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