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Great Writ
Great Writ : habeas corpus ad subjiciendum at habeas corpus used with the
Admeasurement, writ of
Admeasurement, writ of. It lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases; admeasurement of
Dower, writ of right of
Dower, writ of right of, the remedy for a widow who had been deforced of part of her dower. Abolished
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Day-rule, or day-writ
Day-rule, or day-writ, a permission to a prisoner to go out of prison, for the purpose of transacting his business, as to hear a case in which he is concerned at the assizes, etc. Abolished by...
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (that you have the body to answer). This, the most celebrated prerogative writ in the English law, is a remedy for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed to
habeas corpus
habeas corpus [Medieval Latin, literally, you should have the body (the opening words of the writ)] : any of several writs originating at common law that are issued to bring a party before the
Certiorari
Certiorari (to be more fully informed of), an original writ issuing out of the Crown side of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, addressed,
Extent
Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the
Case, action on the
Quarterly Review, Vol. 52, p. 68. Under the statutory sanction many new writs which were analogous to the writ of trespass, or in consimili casu with that action, were invented and issued under the appellation of 'trespass
Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name from
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