non-being

  • 131non merchandizanda victualia — /non marchandazaenda viktyuweyl(i)ya/ An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals in gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which was contrary to an obsolete… …

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  • 132non tenuit — /non tenyuwat/ He did not hold. A plea in bar in replevin, by which the plaintiff alleges that he did not hold in manner and form as averred, being given in answer to an avowry for rent in arrear …

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