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Public meeting
committed at a political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency between the date of the issue of a writ for the return of a member of Parliament for such constituency and the date of which a return
Pr'munire
Pr'munire [fr. pr'moneri Lat., to be forewarned]. It is an offence so called from the words of the writ preparatory to the prosecution thereof: pr'munire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us
Odio et atia
Odio et atia, a writ anciently called breve de bono etmalo, addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison
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Middlesex, Bill of
Middlesex, Bill of, a writ anciently resorted to by the Court of King's Bench, in order to enlarge its jurisdiction in civil causes,
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
of the operation of 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, unless such acknowledgment or promise be contained in some writing, to be signed by the party to be chargeable thereby, or by his agent duly authorized (19 &
Qu' plura
Qu' plura, a writ which lay where an inquisition had been taken by an escheator of lands, etc., of which a man
Inhibition
L.R. Rules 230-234, and 237, and Fortescue-Brickdale and Stewart Wallace, 'Land Registration.' In the Scots Law: (1) A writ whereby the debtor or party inhibited is prohibited from contracting any debt which may become a burden on
venire facias
facias (juratores or juratam) may you cause (the jurors or the jury) to come (words used in the writ)] : a writ ordering a sheriff to summon a jury
H'retico comburendo, De
H'retico comburendo, De, an ancient common law writ against a heretic, who having been convicted of heresy by the bishop, abjured it, and afterwards fell into
return
of all residents in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal [the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty
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