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praecipe

praecipe also pre·ci·pe [pre-sə-pē, prē-] n [Medieval Latin precipe, legal writ commanding a person to do something or show cause why he or she should not, from Latin praecipe,

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

Capias ad satisfaciendum

Capias ad satisfaciendum (that you take to satisfy); called in practice a ca. sa. A writ of execution of the highest nature, inasmuch as it deprived a person of liberty, till the satisfaction awarded

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Quare impedit

to the passing of the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1860, the action was commen-ced by an original writ issuing out of Chancery but s. 26 of that Act did away with this singularity of procedure, which

Capias

Capias (that you take). The writ of capias (which was a writ directing the sheriff to take the body of the defendant), as a

Pone

the case), the plaint in a County Court was removed into the King's Bench or Common Pleas by writ of pone. It was an original writ obtained from the cursitor, bearing teste after the entry of the

Costs

not less than twenty pounds within the time limited in that behalf by the endorsement made on the writ in accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court; or (b) the plaintiff, within twenty-eight days after the

Service

annual, casual and accidental, intrinsic and extrinsic, certain and uncertain, etc. see TENURE. The formal delivery of a writ, summons of other legal process 2. The formal delivery of some other legal notice such as pleading, Black's

Habeas corpora juratorum

the King's Bench and Exchequer for the same purpose. Abolished by C.L.O. Act, 1852, s. 104. Is a writ or order requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court at a stated time and place to

Execution

R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17, of which allows immediate execution in ordinary cases. See PR'CIPE. The ordinary writs of execution are capia ad satisfaciendum; fieri facias; elegit; and habere facias possessionem. See these titles respectively, especially

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