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Great Writ
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Liberate
writ that lay for the payment of a yearly pension or other sum of money, granted under the Great Seal, and addressed to the treasurer and chamberlain of the Exchequer. Also a writ to the sheriff for
habeas corpus
challenging the lawfulness of restraining a person who is imprisoned or otherwise in another's custody called also the Great Writ NOTE: Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is an extraordinary remedy, and is by far the most frequently used writ
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Certiorari
Revision Act of 1888 repeals 13 Geo. 2, c. 18, so that procedure on certiorari in a very great measure depends on Rules of Court alone. For the very numerous cases in which the writ has been
Justices
of Justice of the Peace subsists during the pleasure of the Crown, and is determinable (1) by express writ under the Great Seal; (2) by writ of supersedeas; (3) by a new commission; (4) by accession to … 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, and are now appointed by the king's special commission under the Great Seal, the form of which was settled by all the judges in 1590, and continues, with little alteration,
Vi laica removend'
that lies where two persons contend for a church, and one of them enters into it with a great number of laymen, and holds out the other vi et armis; and he that is holden out shall … Vi laica removend', a writ that lies where two persons contend for a church, and one of them enters into it with a
Summoneas
Summoneas, [Law Lat. you are to summon'] a writ-judicial of great diversity, according to the divers cases wherein it was used. Obsolete.
equity
not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the courts of equity exercised great discretion in fashioning remedies. Over time, they established precedents, rules, and doctrines of their own that were distinct
Aiel, or Aile
or Aile, [fr. aieul, Fr.; avus Lat., a grandfather], a writ which lay when a man's grandfather, or great-grandfather (called besaile), died seised of lands in fee-simple, and on the day of his death the heir was
Audiendo et terminando
Audiendo et terminando, a writ or commission to certain persons to appease and punish any insurrection or great riot, Fitz. N. B. 110.
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