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Judicial writs
Judicial writs, writs issuing from the court in which proceedings are commenced
Sheriff
is intrusted the execution of the laws the serving of judicial writs and processes and the preservation of the peace
writ
the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to … defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes
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Judicial documents
Judicial documents, proceedings relating to litiga-tion. They are divided into: (1) … inquisitions taken in the course of a legal process; (3) writs, warrants, pleadings, etc., which are incident to any judicial proceedings,
Custodes libertatis Angli' auctoritate Parliamenti
Angli' auctoritate Parliamenti, the style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great rebellion from the
Constable
of 1978), s. 2(d)] A peace officer responsible for minor judicial duties, such as serving writs and warrants, but with less
Latin
abate original writs; though it would not make void any judicial writ, declaration, or plea, etc. (3) Words of art, known
Court
Court Act, it is intended to encompass all curial or judicial bodies which have the jurisdiction to decide matters or claims, … Karn 94. The jurisdiction of the High Court to issues writs is more extensive than that of the Supreme Court, Commentary
Writ
Writ [breve, Lat.], a judicial process, by which any one is summoned as an offender; … the orders and sentences of the courts. For the particular writs, see their distinctive names, as assistance, capias, etc. The (English)
Assize, or assise
a commission of assize to take the assizes. Hence the judicial assemblies, held by the king's commission in every county as … clerk of assize, to take assizes and do right upon writs of assize brought before them, by such as were wrongfully
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