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Licentia transfretandi

Licentia transfretandi, a writ or warrant credited to the keeper of the port of Dover, or other seaport, commanding him to let such persons pass over sea as have obtained the royal licence thereto, Reg. Brev. 193.

Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens honesta, et prohibens contraria

Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens honesta, et prohibens contraria [Lat.], Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is proper and forbidding what is not

Levari facias

Levari facias (that you caused to be levied), a writ of execution at Common Law, commanding the sheriff to levy or make of the lands and chattels of the judgment-debtor the sum recovered by

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Legitime imperanti parere necesse est

Legitime imperanti parere necesse est [Lat.], it is necessary to obey one legitimately commanding.

Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General

general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at

Homagio respectuando

Homagio respectuando (respecting of homage), a writ to the escheat or commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of the king's tenants, notwithstanding his homage not done,

Ponendum in ballium

Ponendum in ballium, a writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in cases bailable, Reg. Brev. 133.

Habeas corpora juratorum

you have the bodies of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from the King's Bench and

Fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis

fee, a plaintiff may issue a fi. fa. de bonis ecclesiasticis, addressed to the bishop of the diocese, commanding him to make of the ecclesiastical goods and chattels belonging to the defendant within his diocese the sum

Exigent, or exigi facias

Exigent, or exigi facias (that your cause to be demanded), judicial writ commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant from county Court to county Court, or, if in London, from husting

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