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Ne admittas

Ne admittas (that you admit not), a prohibitory writ directed to the bishop at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, where a quare impedit is depending,

Ne injuste vexes

Ne injuste vexes, a writ founded on Magna Charta that lay for a tenant distrained by his lord, for more services than he

Sequatur sub suo periculo

Sequatur sub suo periculo, a writ that lay where a summons ad warrantizandum was awarded, and the sheriff returned that he had nothing whereby

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Nativo habendo

Nativo habendo, a writ that lay to a sheriff from a lord who claimed inheritance in any villein, when his villein had

Certificando de recognitione stapul'

Certificando de recognitione stapul', a writ commanding the mayor of the staple to certify to the Lord Chancellor a statute-staple taken before him where

coram nobis

coram nobis [Latin, in our presence] : writ of error coram nobis at writ

underwrite

underwrite -wrote [-rōt, -rōt] -writ·ten [-rit-n, -rit-n] -writ·ing 1 a : to assume liability for (a risk) as an insurer [the insurer s individuals, not the group, in franchise health insurance] b : to issue or...

write down

write down wrote down writ·ten down writ·ing down : to reduce the book value of (an asset) [write down

Acceptance of service

Acceptance of service of writ of summons by solicitor in lieu of personal service on defendant. See R. S. C., Ord. IX., r.

Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)

Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution shall not effect a title bona fide acquired before seizure; (2) that in an action for

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