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Assistance, writ of, appears to have been first employed by the Court of Chancery in the reign of James I. It was provided for by the repealed Consolid. Ord. XXIX., r. 5, but has not reappeared in the Rules of the Supreme Court. Writ of possession is in practice substituted for it. R. S. C. Ord. XLVII., r. 2.