per and cu

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per and cu - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  PER AND CUI. When a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or 
  descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cui, because 
  the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a 
  prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised it. 2 Bl. Com. 181. See 
  Entry, writ of.