DUM FUIT INFRA AETATEM

dum  fuit  infra  aetatem  (d<<schwa>>m  fyoo-it  in-fr<<schwa>>  ee-tay-t<<schwa>>m),

n.[Law  Latin  “while  he  was  within  age”]  Hist.  A  writ  allowing  a  person  of  full  age  to  recover

lands feoffed while the person was an infant. • The remedy was also available to the person’s heirs.

It was later replaced by the action of ejectment. See EJECTMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]