Judicial Writs - Law Dictionary Search Results

order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act … to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs

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Sheriff

officer of a shire or county to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws the serving of judicial writs and processes and the preservation of the peace

Custodes libertatis Angli' auctoritate Parliamenti

Custodes libertatis Angli' auctoritate Parliamenti, the style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great rebellion from the execution of King Charles I. Till Oliver Cromwell

Constable

the lowest grade. [Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978), s. 2(d)] A peace officer responsible for minor judicial duties, such as serving writs and warrants, but with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, Black's

Latin

or incongruous Latin, which in times past would abate original writs; though it would not make void any judicial writ, declaration, or plea, etc. (3) Words of art, known only to the sages of the law, and

Writ

Writ [breve, Lat.], a judicial process, by which any one is summoned as an offender; a legal instrument to enforce obedience to the … offender; a legal instrument to enforce obedience to the orders and sentences of the courts. For the particular writs, see their distinctive names, as assistance, capias, etc. The (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, abolished all writs

Court

is used in s. 9A of the Special Court Act, it is intended to encompass all curial or judicial bodies which have the jurisdiction to decide matters or claims, inter alia, arising out of transactions in securities … Cog-eneration Power Ltd. v. H.S.S.K. Niyamit, AIR 2005 Karn 94. The jurisdiction of the High Court to issues writs is more extensive than that of the Supreme Court, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Baus,

Assize, or assise

a Court of jurisdiction which summons jury by a commission of assize to take the assizes. Hence the judicial assemblies, held by the king's commission in every county as well to take indictments as to try causes … commission-that of assize, directed to the judges and clerk of assize, to take assizes and do right upon writs of assize brought before them, by such as were wrongfully thrust out of their possessions. These writs are

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