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Debitum sine brevi






Debitum sine brevi

Debt without a writ or declaration. Abbreviated d.s.b.

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Debt
Whatever one owes. A sum of money due by certain and express agreement.

Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.

Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).



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Debit
Accounts, commerce. A term used in book-keeping, to express the left-hand page of the ledger, to which are carried all the articles supplied or paid on the subject of an account, or that are charged to that account. It also signifies the balance of an account.

Debitum
A thing due or owing; an obligation; a debt, q.v.

Debitum in praesenti, solvendum in futuro
A debt due at present, to be paid in future.

Debitum in pręsenti, solvendum in futuro
An obligation existing in the present, dischargeable in the future.



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Debet et detinet
Pleading. He owes and detains. In an action of.debt, the form of the writ is either in the debet and detinet, that is, it states that the defendant owes and unjustly detains the debt or thing in question, it is so brought between the original contracting parties; or, it is in the detinet only; that is, that the defendant unjustly detains from the plaintiff the debt or thing for which the action is brought; this is the form in in action by an executor, because the debt or duty is not due to him, but it is unjustly detained from him.

Debit
Accounts, commerce. A term used in book-keeping, to express the left-hand page of the ledger, to which are carried all the articles supplied or paid on the subject of an account, or that are charged to that account. It also signifies the balance of an account.

Debitum
A thing due or owing; an obligation; a debt, q.v.

Debitum in praesenti, solvendum in futuro
A debt due at present, to be paid in future.

Debitum in pręsenti, solvendum in futuro
An obligation existing in the present, dischargeable in the future.

Debitum sine brevi

Debt
Whatever one owes. A sum of money due by certain and express agreement.

Debtee
One to whom a debt is due a creditor, as, debtee executor.

Debtor
Debtor or obligor. The person who has engaged to perform some obligation. The word obligor, in its more technical signification, is applied to designate one who makes a bond.

Decapitation
Punishment. The punishment of putting a person to death by taking off his head.

Decedent
In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.

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