Warrantia, Warrantia Chartae

WARRANTIA - Obs.Lat. The obligation to produce warrantors and/or compurgators. Failure or inability to do so could result in outlawry.

WARRANTIA CHARTAE - An ancient and now obsolete writ, which was issued when a man was enfeoffed of land with warranty, and then he was sued or impleaded in assize or other action, in which he could not vouch or call to warranty.

It was brought by the feoffor pending the first suit against him, and had this valuable incident, that when the warrantor was vouched, and judgment passed against the tenant, the latter obtained judgment simultaneously against the warrantor, to recover other lands of equal value.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.