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Distringas
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Habeas corpora juratorum
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 Exchequer for the same purpose. Abolished by C.L.O. Act, 1852, s. 104. Is
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Jury process
Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 862. Jury process, the writ for the summoning of a jury. They were the distringas juratores, or habeas corpora juratorum, and the venire juratores facias, now abolished. A jury is summoned by precept.
Restraining Order
this procedure is superseded by the procedure under (English) R.S.C. Ord. XLVI., rr. 3-14, first made in1880. See DISTRINGAS. A court order prohibiting or restricting a person from harassing threatening, and sometimes even contacting or approaching another
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