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Prohibition

SC 1893. Prohibition, is a writ which can be issued not merely to court, but to authorities exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions, Harivishnu Kamath v. Ahmad Ishaque, AIR 1955 SC 233.

Breve

himself, or to the chancellors, judges, sheriffs, or other officers, Skene, de verb. 'Breve.' See WRIT; ORIGINAL WRIT; JUDICIAL WRIT. Breve income-tax act dicitur, quia rem de qua agitur, et intentionem patentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat. 2 Inst.

Elegit

Elegit (he has chosen), a judicial writ of execution founded on the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. 1, c. 18), by which it became,

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Second deliverance, Writ of

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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

Scire facias

Scire facias [Lat.] (that you cause to know), a judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the person against whom it is brought to show cause why the

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 in

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

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 King's

warrant

to another to pay public funds to a designated person b : a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the

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