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extraordinary writ
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habeas corpus
ad sub·ji·ci·en·dum [-ad-səb-ji-sē-en-dəm, -ji-shē-; -Ä d-sb-yi-kē-en-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for submitting] : an extraordinary writ issued upon a petition challenging the lawfulness of restraining a person who is imprisoned or otherwise in another's
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mandamus
mandamus [Latin, we enjoin, from mandare to enjoin] : an extraordinary writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction to an inferior tribunal, a public official, an administrative agency, a
quo warranto
quo warranto [Medieval Latin, by what warrant; from the wording of the writ] 1 : an extraordinary writ requiring a person or corporation to show by what right or authority a public office or franchise is
Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de
Matched in: Term Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de
procedendo
procedendo [Latin, ablative of procedendum, gerund of procedere to proceed] : an extraordinary writ ordering a lower court to proceed to or execute a judgment
prohibition
prohibition 1 a : an extraordinary writ issued by a higher court commanding an inferior court to keep within its proper jurisdiction (as by ceasing
certiorari
certiorari (volumus) (we wish) to be informed (words used in the Latin texts of such writs)] : an extraordinary writ issued by a superior court (as the Supreme Court) to call up the records of a particular case
Restitution, Writ of
Matched in: Term Restitution, Writ of
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