AMOVEAS MANUS

amoveas manus (ay-moh-vee-<<schwa>>s man-<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin “that you remove

your  hands”]  Hist.  1.A  judgment  ordering  the  Crown  to  relinquish  possession  of  land  to  the

complainant.  •  The  judgment  is  so  called  from  the  emphatic  words  quod  manus  domini  regis

amoveantur (“that the hands of the king be removed”).2. The writ issued on the judgment. [Blacks Law 8th]