Note 78 — THE MINERS LAWES AND PRIVILLEDGES.
Reading edition
An expression that indicates a Latin original—“judicium firmum et stabile remanebit in perpetuum absque ulla appellatione.” No appeal or “calling” lies further. This appeal to successive inquests is remarkable. It resembles the process of reversing a verdict of twelve jurors by a verdict of twenty-four by the old writ of attaint. (See Blackst. Com, vol. iii.)