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Ad melius inquirendum

Ad melius inquirendum. A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See Reg. v. Carter, (1876) 45 LJ QB 711, in which the

Quare impedit

Court. The judgment is that the successful party recover his presentation, and a writ issues to the bishop, commanding him to admit his presentee. In cases where there is an appeal to the archbishop and a judge

Ad inquirendum

Ad inquirendum, a judicial writ commanding inquiry to be made of anything relating to a cause in the Superior Courts. And see AD MELIUS

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Bonis non amovendis

non amovendis (that the goods be not removed), a writ addressed to the sheriff, where error is brought, commanding that the person against whom judgment is obtained be not suffered to remove his goods, till the error

Capias ad satisfaciendum

deprived a person of liberty, till the satisfaction awarded be made. The writ was addressed to the sheriff, commanding him to take the body of the defendant and have him at Westminster on a day therein named,

Capitulation

head or division], the treaty which determines the conditions under which a besieged place is surrendered to the commanding officer of the besieging army; (2) an agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who

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 the

Certiorari

of the High Court of Justice, addressed, in the king's name, to judges or officers of inferior Courts, commanding them to certify or to return the records of a cause depending before them, to the end that

Charge

against a person in respect of an act committed or omitted in violation of penal law forbidding or commanding it. In other words, it is an accusation made against a person in respect of an offence alleged

Arierban, or Arriee-Ban

those who only held of the Crown mediately], an edict of the ancient kings of France and Germany, commanding all their vassals, the noblesse, and the vassals' vassals, to enter the army, or forfeit their estates on

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