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Significavit
Significavit, a writ issuing out of the Chancery upon certificate given by the ordinary of a man's standing excommunicate by the
Si fecerit the securum
Si fecerit the securum, a species of original writ, so called from the words of the writ, which directed the sheriff to cause the defendant to appear
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
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Sequatur sub suo periculo
Sequatur sub suo periculo, a writ that lay where a summons ad warrantizandum was awarded, and the sheriff returned that he had nothing whereby
Scire facias for the Crown
or duty appears by record to be owing to the Crown, the process for the Crown is a writ of sci. fa. quae executionem non; but should the defendant become insolvent pend-ing this writ, the Crown may
Saint Martin-le-Grand, Court of
Saint Martin-le-Grand, Court of. A writ of error formerly lay from the sheriff's courts in the City of London to the Court of hustings,
Reversal of judgment
Reversal of judgment. A judgment might have been reversed without a writ of error, for matters foreign to or dehors the record, i.e., not apparent upon the face of it,
Restitution of stolen goods
party was enforced to bring an appeal of robbery in order to have his goods again; but a writ of restitution was authorized to be granted by 21 Hen. 8, c. 11, and it became the practice
Renewal of writs
Renewal of writs. It is provided by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. VIII., that no writ of summons shall be in force for more than twelve months; but upon application before the expiration of
Real action
Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 37, all real and mixed actions, except writ of right of dower, or writ of dower unde nihil habet, quare impedit, and ejectment, were abolished. By
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