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Paper · Semantic Scholar
Development and Experimentation in the Early Common Law Forms of Action: The Procedural Rules of Mort d’Ancestor and their Effect on Litigation in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth CenturiesABSTRACT This article considers the procedural design of the early common law action mort d’ancestor, introduced in 1176. It first considers how the action was developed to provide swift justice while also allowing the defendant (or ‘tenant’) adequate opportunities to appear in court. It then examines the impact of this design on litigation at the eyre from 1198 to 1228. The interaction of the procedural rules of th…
picked 13 Aug 2026
Reference · Wikidata
Class 146-36 (Martial Law; Military Law) Litigation Case Files (NAID 20761612)series in the National Archives and Records Administration's holdings
picked 13 Aug 2026