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levy

levying: as a : the imposition or collection of a tax b : the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor's possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2

Consultation

239: AIR 2003 SC 1029 (1038). [Rules of High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan (1952), R. 15] A writ in the nature of a procedendo, whereby a cause, having been removed by prohibition from the Ecclesiastical Court

Restitution of stolen goods

party was enforced to bring an appeal of robbery in order to have his goods again; but a writ of restitution was authorized to be granted by 21 Hen. 8, c. 11, and it became the practice

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Amendment

Amendment, a correction of any errors in the writ or pleadings in actions, suits, or prosecutions. The power of allowing amendments has been much extended by modern

Central Criminal Court

application for the order, see Rule 19 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906, and for form of writ to remove indictment 'for certain reasons,' see No. 9 of the forms scheduled to those rules. All the

Magna Carta

the fee.' The addition of the day to the year appears to have been intended to prevent any dispute about whether the year is to be calculated as inclusive or exclusive of its last day. By the … by King Edward I. in the 25th year of his reign (that is, in 1297). The original is written in the Latin language, which, although not of that pure classicality that will be appreciated by the scholar,

Quo warranto

Quo warranto, a writ issuable out of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, in the nature of a

Label

Label [fr. labellum, Lat.], narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed, writing, to writ, hanging at or out of the same; and an appending seal is called a label (Jac.

Venire facias de novo

Venire facias de novo, a second writ to summon another jury for a new trial. The venire de novo was the Old Common Law method

Querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda

a trespass made to the King himself, before the King and his council, Reg. Brev. 124. Means a dispute to be discussed and resolved by the council in front of the king. A writ ordering someone to

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