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Occupavit

Occupavit, a writ that lay for him who was ejected from his freehold in time of war, as the writ of

Liberate, a writ that lay for the payment of a yearly pension or other sum of money, granted under the Great

Cessavit, a writ which lay (by the Statute of Gloucester, 6 Edw. 1, c. 4, and Westminster 2, 13 Edw. 1,

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A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country or the jurisdiction of the court The writ was originally

A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail This writ

A writ directed to the sheriff commanding him to take sureties called mainpernors for the prisoners appearance and to let

Formedon, a writ in the nature of a writ of right, which was the remedy for a tenant in-tail on a

Significavit, a writ issuing out of the Chancery upon certificate given by the ordinary of a man's standing excommunicate by the

Stabilia, a writ called by that name, founded on a custom in Normandy that where a man in power claimed lands

Supplicavit, a writ which issued out of Chancery for taking surety of the peace, upon Articles filed on oath, when one

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