DE STATUTO MERCATORIO

By SovConn | July 7, 2014

de  statuto  mercatorio  (dee  st<<schwa>>-tyoo-toh  m<<schwa>>r-k<<schwa>>-tor-ee-oh),

n.[Law  Latin  “of  statute  merchant”]  Hist.  A  writ  ordering  the  imprisonment  of  someone  who

forfeits a statute-merchant bond until the debt has been paid. See STATUTE MERCHANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

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