ad terminum qui preterii

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ad terminum qui preterii - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  AD TERMINUM QUI PRETERIIT. The name of a writ of entry which lay for the
  lessor or his heirs, when a lease had been made of lands or tenements, for
  term of life or years, and, after the term had expired, the lands were
  withheld from the lessor by the tenant, or other person possessing the same.
  F. N. B. 201. The remedy now applied for holding over (q, v.) is by
  ejectment, or under local regulations, by summary proceedings.