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A writ See Detinue

A writ commanding something to be done or requiring a reason for neglecting it

A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions

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A judicial writ of execution by which a defendants goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff and if not sufficient

A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels to compel a compliance with something

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge especially one to inquire into

A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases when the suit belongs to the common

A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding

A writ of execution at common law

A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal or to some corporation or person exercising

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