Definition of Amoveas Manus

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Amoveas manus
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    That you remove your hands; an order made for the restoration of lands seized by the crown.

  • Amoveas Manus
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Lat. That you remove your hands. After office found, the king was entitled to the things forfeited, either lands or personal property; the remedy for a person aggrieved was by "petition," or "monstrans de droit," or "traverses," to establish hls superior right Thereupon a writ issued, quod manus domini regis amoveantur. 8 Bl. Comm. 260.