Cape

English Law: Cape in the Past

English law. A judicial writ touching a plea of lands and tenements. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The writs which bear this name are of two kinds, namely, cape magnum or grand, cape and cape parvum or petit cape. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The petit cape, is so called, not so much on account of the smallness of the writ, as of the letter. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 55, 40. For the difference between the form and the use of these writs, see 2 Wms. Saund. Rep. 45, c, d; and Fleta, ubi sup. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about cape is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including cape.

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