What is AD QUOD DAMNUM? Definition of AD QUOD DAMNUM in Black's Law Dictionary
The name of a writ formerly issuing from the English chancery, commanding the sheriff to make inquiry "to what damage" a specified act, if done, will tend.
It is a writ which ought to be sued before the king grants certain liberties, as a fair, market, or such like, which may be prejudicial to others, and thereby it should be inquired whether it will be a prejudice to grant them, and to whom it will be prejudicial, and what prejudice 'will come thereby. Termes de la Ley.
There is also another writ of ad quod damnum, if any one will turn a common highway and lay out another way as beneficial. Termes de la Ley.
The writ of ad quod damnum is a common-law writ, in the nature of an original writ, issued by the prothonotary, and in condemnation proceedings is returnable to and subject to confirmation of the Superior Court. Elbert v. Scott, Del., 5 Boyce 1, 90 A. 587.
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