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Fieri facias
Fieri facias, usually abbreviated fi. fa. (that you cause to be made), a judicial writ of execution, the most commonly used that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages … that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages in the King's Courts. It is a command to the sheriff, that of the goods and chattels of the party he 'cause to be made' the
Mandate
command order or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate an order or injunction a commission a judicial precept
Domicile
marriage the parties must be domiciled in England or Wales, though in the case of a suit for judicial separation mere residence is sufficient, Armytage v. Armytage, 1898 P. 178. A decree annulling a marriage on the … to another, but nevertheless the law will arbitrarily ascribe to him a domicile in one particular territory. In order to make the rule that nobody can be without a domicile effective, the law assigns what is called
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execution
process of executing [witnessed the of the will] 2 : a putting to death as fulfillment of a judicial death sentence 3 : the process of enforcing a judgment (as against a debtor) ;also : a judicial … death sentence 3 : the process of enforcing a judgment (as against a debtor) ;also : a judicial writ (as fieri facias) by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect see also levy
commit
her children to her sister's care] b : to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order [was found to be gravely disabled and was involuntarily committed to the Central Louisiana State Hospital "In the
enjoin
French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from in- on + jungere to join] : to prohibit by judicial order : issue an injunction against [a three-judge district court had ed the plans "W. J. Brennan, Jr."] en·join·able
Quem redditum reddit
to force the tenant to consent to the transfer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259. Is a judicial writ which lay for him to whom a rent-seck or rent-charge was granted, by fine levied in the … which lay for him to whom a rent-seck or rent-charge was granted, by fine levied in the King's court, against the tenant of the land who refused to attorn to him, thereby to cause him to attorn,
Sequestro habendo
Sequestro habendo, a judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at … the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign's command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another; upon his appearance, the parson may
Reverend
deceased as a daughter of the 'Rev. H Keet, Wesleyan Minister,' to be erected in his churchyard, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, allowing an appeal, ordered a faculty to issue for the erection of the … or dignity, and a person prefixing it to his name does not thereby claim to be in Holy Orders; see Keet v. Smith, (1875) 1 PD 73, in which case the incumbent of a parish having refused
standing
n 1 : the status of being qualified to assert or enforce legal rights or duties in a judicial forum because one has a sufficient and protectable interest in the outcome of a justiciable controversy and usually … standing : continuing in existence, use, or effect indefinitely [a order] n 1 : the status of being qualified to assert or enforce legal rights or duties in a
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