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\ In a writ of Latitat, the person sued is supposed 

 to conceal himself. 



Habeas corpus ad subjeciendum is the beginning of 

 a writ. 



Premunire (praemonere) facias by this the con- 

 victed incur the penalty of imprisonment for life, and 

 forfeiture of all goods and rents of lands. 



Qui tarn Actions. 



If any one has begun a Qui tam action, no other 

 person can pursue it, and the verdict passed on the 

 defendant in the first suit is a bar to all others, and 

 conclusive even against the king himself. This has 

 frequently occasioned offenders to procure their own 

 friends to begin a suit in order to forestal and pre- 

 vent other actions.* 



Damages. 



One farthing damages carry costs. 



The First Wrong. 



It is a fundamental principle in law and reason, 

 that he who does the first wrong shall be answerable 

 for all consequential damages. 



Judicial Decisions. 



On account of the enormous multitude of our judi- 

 cial decisions, people mistake the variety for con- 

 fusion, and complicated cases for contradictory ones. 



Recovery. 



Recovery, feigned or common, is a sort of fictio 

 juris, to destroy estates tail, remainder, and rever- 

 sions, and to bar entails. 



* For instance, when a man marries two sisters, he gets a 

 friend to institute a prosecution against him, which bars all others. 



