Liberate

English Law: Liberate in the Past

A writ which issues on lands, tenements and chattels, being returned under an extent on a statute staple, commanding the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia) to deliver them to the plaintiff, by the extent aud appraisement mentioned in the writ of extent and in the sheriff’s return tto this. See Com dig. Statute Staple, D 6. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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

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