Identitate Nominis

Identitate Nominis

English Law: Identitate Nominis in the Past

The name of a writ which lies for a person taken upon a capias or exigent and committed to prison, for another man of the same name; this writ directs the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia) to inquire whether he be the same person against whom the action was brought and if not, then to discharge him. F. N. B. 267. In practice, a party in this condition would be relieved by habeas corpus. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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

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