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Prohibition

has acquiesced in the proceedings of the inferior Court, Farquharson v. Morgan, (1894) 1 QB 552; and the writ of prohibition may issue even though there is an alternative remedy, Channel Coaling Co. v. Ross, (1907) 1 KB

Occupavit

a writ that lay for him who was ejected from his freehold in time of war, as the writ of novel disseisin lay for one disseised in time of peace. Means a writ to regain possession to land

Liberate

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

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Cessavit

the cesser or neglect had continued for two years, the lord or donor, and his heirs, had a writ of cessavit to recover the land itself, Fitz., N. B. 208. This writ was abolished by 3 & 4

VerbarNe exeat

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

Supplicavit

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

Capias

officer to take the body of the person named in it that is to arrest him also called writ of capias

Formedon

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

Mainprise

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

Formedon

Formedon, a writ in the nature of a writ of right, which was the remedy for a tenant in-tail on a discontinuance. It was of three kinds: (1)

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