utrumn.
Obsolete or Historical.1592 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) f. 194/1 Vtrum is a writ and it lyeth when the right of any Church is aliened and holden in lay fee.1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. E4/2 Assise de Vtrum, lieth..for a parson against a lay man, or a lay man against a parson, for land or tenement doubtfull, whether it be in lay fee, or free alms.1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton II. 207 (margin) Utrum, the parson's writ of right.1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton II. 208 (margin) No assize of Utrum for land belonging to cathedral or convent.1881 Twiss Bracton (Rolls) IV. 622 [Assise] of Utrum may not be brought by a vicar for a small pension paid to a religious house.1881 Twiss Bracton (Rolls) IV. 622 Assise of utrum can never be taken upon a previous assise of utrum.
A writ authorizing the holding of an assize to decide the status of a property (see quot. 1607) Usually in assize of utrum.
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utrumc1290
quo warrantoa1325
writ of right closea1325
writ of oyer and terminer1414
writ of right1414
quare impedit?a1424
prohibition?1435
praecipec1440
supplicavita1450
replevy1451
ouster-le-main1485
praecipe in capitec1523
value1527
inhibition1532
rehabilitation1533
melius inquirendum1549
ne exeat regnum1559
quo minus1592
letters (or writ) of supplementc1600
inhibition1603
fair pleading1607
ingressu1607
ne exeat regno1607
account1622
associationa1625
ship-writ1640
cessavit1641
ne exeat1644
devastavit1651
right close1651
writ of second deliverance1652
fair pleader1655
beaupleader1700
proclamation writ1713
writ of inquiry1809
writ of intendence and respondence1881
c1290 Britton (1865) II. iv. vii. §1. 206 La quarte assise est de Utrum.
c1290 Britton (1865) II. iv. vii. §2. 207 Le bref de Utrum pur le clerc.
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