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Venditioni exponas
Venditioni exponas, a judicial writ addressed to the sheriff, commanding him to expose to sale goods which he has already taken into his hands, to satisfy a judgment-creditor,
Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of
Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of, a process of execution issued against a beneficed clerk commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish church, and to take and sequester the same, and
Subp'na
Subp'na [from sub, Lat., under, and p'na, penalty], a writ commanding attendance in court under a penalty. It bears a close analogy to the citation, or vocatio in jus
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Quod permittat prosternere
nature to a petition of right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1263. Means this is a writ commanding the defendant to permit the plaintiff to abate, quod permittat prosternere, the nuisance complained of; and, unless he
Second deliverance, Writ of
the plaintiff in replevin, and a retorno habendo of the cattle replevied, adjudged to him that distrained them, commanding the sheriff to replevy the same cattle again, upon security given by the plaintiff in the replevin for
Serjeant
a serjeant is only ministerial. Serjeants-at-law were made by the sovereign's writ, addressed unto such as are called, commanding them to take upon them that degree by a certain day, Fortescue, c. 50; 3 Cro. 1; Dyer,
Ship's agent
Ship's agent. The Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, provides for the appointment of an agent by the commanding officer of each of His Majesty's ships to act for the ship with respect to salvage, bounty, prize,
Significavit
significavit against the Rev. Mr. Dale for disobedience to his inhibition. Also, another writ, addressed to the judges, commanding them to stay any suit depending between such and such parties by reason of an excommunication alleged against
Statute staple
sue out a writ of Liberate, which was a writ out of Chancery, reciting the former writ, and commanding the sheriff to deliver to the conusee all the lands, tenements, and chattels by him taken into the
Sailing instructions
Sailing instructions, written or printed directions delivered by the commanding officer of a convoy to the several masters of the ships under his care, by which they are
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