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Central Criminal Court
application for the order, see Rule 19 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906, and for form of writ to remove indictment 'for certain reasons,' see No. 9 of the forms scheduled to those rules. All the
Amendment
Amendment, a correction of any errors in the writ or pleadings in actions, suits, or prosecutions. The power of allowing amendments has been much extended by modern
Quo warranto
Quo warranto, a writ issuable out of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, in the nature of a
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Label
Label [fr. labellum, Lat.], narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed, writing, to writ, hanging at or out of the same; and an appending seal is called a label (Jac.
Qu' plura
Qu' plura, a writ which lay where an inquisition had been taken by an escheator of lands, etc., of which a man
Querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda
Querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda, a writ by which one is called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the King himself, before
Public meeting
committed at a political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency between the date of the issue of a writ for the return of a member of Parliament for such constituency and the date of which a return
Pr'munire
Pr'munire [fr. pr'moneri Lat., to be forewarned]. It is an offence so called from the words of the writ preparatory to the prosecution thereof: pr'munire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us
Odio et atia
Odio et atia, a writ anciently called breve de bono etmalo, addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison
Middlesex, Bill of
Middlesex, Bill of, a writ anciently resorted to by the Court of King's Bench, in order to enlarge its jurisdiction in civil causes,
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