Secta in United States
Secta Definition
(Lat. sequor, to follow). The persons, two or more in number, whom the plaintiff produced in court, in the ancient form of proceedings, immediately upon making his declaration, to confirm the allegations therein, before they were called in question by the defendant’s plea. Bracton, 214a. The word appears to have been used as denoting that these persons followed the plaintiff into court; that is, came in a matter in which the plaintiff was the leader, or one principally concerned. The actual production of “suit” was discontinued very early (3 Bl. Comm. 295), but the formula “et inde producit sectam” (for which, in more modern pleadings, “and thereupon he brings suit” is substituted) continued till the abolition of the Latin form of pleadings (Steph. PI. 429, 430). The count in dower and writs of right did not so conclude, however. 1 Chit. PI. 399. A suit or action. Hob. 20; Bracton, 399b. A suit of clothes. Cowell; Spelman.
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(Lat. sequor, to follow). The persons, two or more in number, whom the plaintiff produced in court, in the ancient form of proceedings, immediately upon making his declaration, to confirm the allegations therein, before they were called in question by the defendant’s plea. Bracton, 214a. The word appears to have been used as denoting that these persons followed the plaintiff into court; that is, came in a matter in which the plaintiff was the leader, or one principally concerned. The actual production of “suit” was discontinued very early (3 Bl. Comm. 295), but the formula “et inde producit sectam” (for which, in more modern pleadings, “and thereupon he brings suit” is substituted) continued till the abolition of the Latin form of pleadings (Steph. PI. 429, 430). The count in dower and writs of right did not so conclude, however. 1 Chit. PI. 399. A suit or action. Hob. 20; Bracton, 399b. A suit of clothes. Cowell; Spelman.
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