 | John Elihu Hall - Law - 1814 - 592 pages
...virtute officii; or by writ to them sent for that purpose; or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels," &c. — " These inquests of office were devised by law, as an authentic means to... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Prerogative, Royal - 1820 - 528 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ to< them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the King to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels (/'). (a) Jcnk. Cent. 65, pl. 21. Fitzh. cites 35 Edw. 3. and Fitzh. Ab. Briefs,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels. This is done by a jury of no determinate number, being either twelve, or less, or... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 568 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels '. This is done by a jury of no determinate number; being either twelve, or less,... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - Law - 1831 - 590 pages
...offi.cli, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specialty appointed, [ 699 ] concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, good?, or chattels. These offices are of two sorts, one of entitling and another of instruction. The... | |
 | George William Johnson - Great Britain - 1835 - 390 pages
...earl had allowed him an * llushworth, i. 303. annuity, without the exaction of services; but Seldeti would then have had to endure the distasteful feeling...died, an inquest of this kind was held, called an inquisitia post mortem, to inquire whether he was entitled to any of those oppressive advantages which... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels. This is done by a jury, of no determinate number, being either twelve, or less,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ sent to them for that purpose, or by commissioners specially • appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels ; as to inquire whether the king's tenant for life died seised, whereby the reversion... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 780 pages
...virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels. (x) This is done by a jury of no determinate number, being either twelve, or less,... | |
 | City of London (England). Corporation - London (England) - 1862 - 564 pages
...of his office or by writ sent to him for the purpose ; or else by commissioners specially appointed; concerning any matter that entitles the King to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels. enraser. Fr. To rase, to destroy. (334.) onrouller. Fr. To enrol. (272.) ensens.... | |
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Such is that of inquisition, or inquest of office ; which is an inquiry made by the king's officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheator, virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any... 
