History and contextual examples
British history of court cases show Secundum formam statuti used in the early 1600s. Case with usage,
- "Martis, 16 Junii, 1607
- Privilege.
- IN a Writ De partitione facienda, brought by Constance Lady Lucye, Widow, against Sir Robert Oxenbridge Knight, One of the Members of the House, in the Court
- of Common Pleas, the said Sir Robert made Default in his Appearance; whereupon a Writ was directed to the Sheriff to levy Issues.
- Motion was made for Privilege, on the behalf of the said Sir Robert: The Order of the Court, and the Writ read, in this Form:
- ...parturition inde inter es, secundum formam statuti in commodious casu proviso..."3
From, 'FORMEDON, old English law', there is found,
- "The writ of formedon is nearly obsolete, it having been superseded by the writ of ejectment...of the particular estate, displaced and turned into a mere right, the remedy is by action of formedon, displaced and turned into a mere right, the remedy is by action of formedon, (secundum formam doni,) because the writ comprehends the form of the gift."4
Found in 'The Case of Bankrupts'; ( Smith v. Mills) (1589) Trinity Term, 31 Elizabeth I; In the Court of the King's Bench. First Published in the Reports, volume 2, page 25a,
- "and other good merchants of London, brought an action upon the case upon trover and conversion of divers goods, in London, against Thomas Mills, and upon not guilty pleaded, the jury gave a special verdict to this effect: ... was possessed of the same goods, and exercising the trade of buying and selling, ...became a bankrupt, and absented himself secundum formam statuti,..."5
And in 'Shelley's Case'; (1581) Trinity Term, 23 Elizabeth I In the Court of King's Bench, before all the Justices of England. First Published in the Reports, volume 1, page 93b,
- "But it hath been said, that the Statute De Dionis Condition albus aids and helps the heir male of the body to take, for that the will of the donor appears, that the heir male of his body should have the land; and the statute saith, quod voluntas donatoris secundum formam in charta doni Sui manifeste expressa, De caetero observetur [Ed.: that the will of the donor be from henceforth observed, according to the form manifestly expressed in the charter of gift.]."6
In the Italian, '1STATUTI DI REGGIO D'EMILIA NELLA COMPILAZIONE DEL 1265 CON AGGIUNTE E MODIFICATION DEGLI ANNI 1266-1275',
- "Niel margarine superiore Del foglio 1 : 1270
- IN nomine domini, millesimo ducentesimo LXX, indictione XIIII;...per statutarios electos secundum formam statuti ad sortem in consilio generali,..."7
Translated, in the advanced margin of the sheet, number 1270, In nominations, dominions, ..., for statutes elected secundum formam statuti...
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