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de recto de advocatione (dee rek-toh dee ad-v<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh-nee), n.[Law Latin “of the right of advowson”] Hist. A writ restoring a person’s right to present a clerk to a benefice when that right had been interfered with. • It was abolished by St. 3 & 4 Will. 4, ch. 27. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  recto  (dee  rek-toh),  n.[Law  Latin]  A  writ  of  right  to  recover  both  the  seisin  and  the property. — Also termed breve de recto. See WRIT OF COURSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

derecho de autor.See AUTHOR’S RIGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]

de recordo et processu mittendis (dee ri-kor-doh et proh-ses-[y]oo mi-ten-dis), n.[Law Latin “of the sending of the record and process of a cause to a superior court”] A type of writ of error. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  recenti  (dee  ri-sen-tI).  [Law  Latin]  Scots  law.  Recently.  •  The  term  adds  weight  to  a statement that is made or an event (such as an arrest) that occurs soon after an incident. In a theft case, for example, the presumption of guilt was greater when the suspect was identified soon after the theft occurred. [Blacks…

de    rationabili    parte    bonorum    (dee    rash-[ee]-<<schwa>>-nay-b<<schwa>>-lIpahr-tee b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law  Latin  “of  reasonable  share  of  goods”]  Hist.  A  writ allowing the wife and children of a dead man to recover a reasonable share of his goods from his executors after his debts were paid. • This writ was usu. founded on custom rather than the general law. [Blacks…

de  rationabilibus  divisis  (dee  rash-<<schwa>>n-<<schwa>>-bil-i-b<<schwa>>s  di-v  I-sis), n.[Law  Latin  “of  the  fixing  of  reasonable  boundaries”]  Hist.  A  writ  to  settle  the  boundaries between property owners of different towns when one owner claimed a trespass by the other. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  raptu  virginum  (dee  rap-t[y]oo  v<<schwa>>r-j<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>m),  n.[Latin  “of the ravishment of virgins”] Hist. A writ for taking an appeal in a rape case. [Blacks Law 8th]

de quo (dee kwoh). [Latin] Of which. • These were formal words used in a writ of entry, as in a writ of entry “in the quo” or “in the quibus.” — Also termed de quibus. [Blacks Law 8th]

de   quarantina   habenda   (dee   kwahr-<<schwa>>n-tI-n<<schwa>>   h<<schwa>>-ben-d<< schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of return of quarantine”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to give a widow possession of part of her husband’s estate, after she had been wrongfully ejected but before dower is assigned. See QUARANTINE(4). [Blacks Law 8th]