Monstraverunt
The writ of Monstraverunt (Latin: Monstraverunt nobis, "They have shown to us") was a writ in English common law used exclusively by tenants of the Ancient Demesne to protect themselves against the imposition of new or increased feudal services by their lords.[1] Historically significant as an early form of "class action" lawsuit, the writ allowed technically unfree peasants to sue their lords in the King's courts—a privilege generally denied to standard villeins.[2]
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