DE NATIVO HABENDO

By SovConn | July 4, 2014

de  nativo  habendo  (dee  n<<schwa>>-tI-voh  h<<schwa>>-ben-doh),  n.[Law  Latin  “about  a

serf to be held”] Hist. A writ directing a sheriff to apprehend and return a runaway serf to the serf’s

lord. • A trial on the writ would determine the lord’s ownership status. [Blacks Law 8th]

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