AMITTERE LEGEM TERRÆ, among Lawyers, a phrase importing the loss of liberty of swearing in any court; the punishment of a champion overcome or yielding in battle,—of jurors found guilty in a writ of attainder,—and of a person outlawed.
AMITTERE LEGEM TERRÆ
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