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Definition :

Justicies, a writ directed to the sheriff in some special cases, by virtue of which he might hold plea of debt in his county Court for a large sum; whereas by his ordinary power he was limited to sums under 40s, Fitz. N.B. 117; 3 Bl. Com. 36.

As the sheriff could not, by this process, or the judgment to be obtained thereupon, arrest the defendant' body, but only take his goods, and as the cause might be removed at the defendant's pleasure into the superior courts, this process fell into desuetude.