See Also: MELIUS INQUIRENDUM VEL INQUIRENDO(law)
AD INQUIRENDUM, practice(law)
species inquirendum(medicine)
Scroll(medicine)
scroll bar(dictionary)
SCROLL(law)
scroll(2)(dictionary)
scroll(1)(dictionary)
scroll ear(medicine)
scroll 1, noun(dictionary)

MELIUS INQUIRENDUM VEL INQUIRENDO (law) and scroll(1) (iou)


MELIUS INQUIRENDUM VEL INQUIRENDO (law)


MELIUS INQUIRENDUM VEL INQUIRENDO. English practice. A writ which in certain cases issues after an imperfect inquisition returned on a capias utlugatum cases issues after an imperfect inquisition returned on a capias utlugatum in outlawry. This melius inquirendum commands the sheriff to summon another in outlawry. This melius inquirendum commands the sheriff to summon another inquest in order that the value,

scroll(1) (iou)



scroll noun. LME.
[Alt. of SCROW noun1 after ROLL noun1. Cf. ESCROLL.]
A roll of paper or parchment, esp. with Writing on it; a document or book in this form. LME.
Scroll of the Law = SEFER TORAH. VITRUVIAN scroll.
fig.: Francis Thompson Summoned by some presaging scroll of fate.
A thing resembling a scroll in shape; a decorative design or carving resembling a partially unrolled scroll of paper or parchment; spec. (a) Architecture a volute on an Ionic, Corinthian, or composite capital; (b) Nautical (more fully scroll-head) a curved piece of timber under the bowsprit in place of a figurehead; (c) Music the curved head of a bowed stringed instrument in which the tuning-pins are set. LME.
scroll back, scroll moulding, scroll-shaped, etc.
Dickens Carpets are rolled into great scrolls. Antique Note the baroque scrolls of the arm-supports. attrib.:
a. A piece of Writing, esp. a letter. M16.
b. An itemized list or schedule. M16.
fig.: Daily Telegraph The latest in a lengthening scroll of sexual scandal.
c. A draft or copy of a letter etc. Scot. E18.
a. A long rectangular band of paper bearing a motto or legend. Now chiefly, a representation of this, esp. in a painting. L16.
R. Hurd Painters continuing..to put written scrolls in the mouths of their figures.
b. Heraldry. The representation of a riband (normally with rolled ends) bearing the motto, usu. situated below the shield in an achievement of arms, occas. also above the crest. Also, the motto on this. E17.
Physical Geography. Each of a series of crescent-shaped deposits formed on the inside of a river meander. Cf. point bar s.v. POINT noun1. E20.
Computing. The action or facility of scrolling in order to view new material. L20.
Comb.: scroll bar Computing a long thin section at the edge of a computer display or window by which material can be scrolled using a mouse; scroll-bone = TURBINAL; scroll-copy Scot. = sense 3c above; scroll-gall a malformation consisting in the curling over of a leaf caused by aphids, mites, etc.; scroll-head: see sense 2 above; scroll-lathe: adapted to turn spiral and scroll work; scroll painting (a) a painting on a scroll, chiefly found in oriental Art, esp. Japan; (b) the practice of painting on scrolls; scroll salt a silver or pottery salt cellar decorated with scrolled arms; scroll saw a narrow-bladed saw for cutting curved lines in decorative work; scrollwork decoration consisting of spiral lines or patterns, esp. as cut by a scroll saw.
scrolly adjective scrolled, curly M19.