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L. Lat. An old writ which lay where a rent-charge or other rent which was not rent service was granted by fine holding of the grantor. If the tenant would not attorn, then the grantee might have had this writ Old Nat. Brev. 120. Quemadmodum ad qusestionem fact! non respondent jndlces, ita ad quses- tionem juris non respondent juratores. In the same manner that judges do not answer to questions of fact, so jurors do not answer to questions of law. Co. Litt. 205.
By Henry Campbell Black
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