Supplicavit, a writ which issued out of Chancery for taking surety of the peace, upon Articles filed on oath, when one was in danger of being hurt in his body by another; it was addressed to the justices of the peace and sheriff of the county, and was grounded upon 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, which ordained that certain persons should be appointed by the chancellor to take care of the peace, etc., Fitz. N.B. 80.
This writ has been of late years seldom used, for when application has been made to the superior courts, they have usually taken the recognisances there, under 21 Jac. 1, c. 8.