DE MODERATA MISERICORDIA CAPIENDA

By SovConn | July 4, 2014

de    moderata    misericordia    capienda    (dee    mod-<<schwa>>-ray-t<<schwa>>    miz-<<

schwa>>-ri-kor-dee-<<schwa>>  kap-ee-en-d<<schwa>>),  n.[Law  Latin  “for  taking  a  moderate

amercement”] Hist. A writ ordering a bailiff to take a moderate penalty from a party who had been

excessively penalized in a court not of record. • The writ was founded on Magna Carta. [Blacks Law 8th]

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