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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
Recovery
land. The procedure in such an action for the recovery of land was as follows: X. brought a writ of recovery against Y. in respect of land which Y. had bought from Z. Y. called upon Z.
Non omittas
writ within the liberty. If a writ do not contain a non omittas clause, the sheriff directs his mandate either to the lord or the bailiff of the liberty, by whom the writ is executed and returned.
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Pone
the case), the plaint in a County Court was removed into the King's Bench or Common Pleas by writ of pone. It was an original writ obtained from the cursitor, bearing teste after the entry of the
Peerage
all cases of long abeyance or other non-enjoyment of a peerage, the Lord Chancellor will not issue his writ of summons to a claimant without a previous investigation of his title, in order to which the claimant
Distringas
Distringas (that you distrain), anciently called constringas, a writ addressed to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The cases in which it was used in
praecipe
praecipe also pre·ci·pe [pre-sə-pē, prē-] n [Medieval Latin precipe, legal writ commanding a person to do something or show cause why he or she should not, from Latin praecipe,
Capias
Capias (that you take). The writ of capias (which was a writ directing the sheriff to take the body of the defendant), as a
Capias ad satisfaciendum
Capias ad satisfaciendum (that you take to satisfy); called in practice a ca. sa. A writ of execution of the highest nature, inasmuch as it deprived a person of liberty, till the satisfaction awarded
Occupavit
Occupavit, a writ that lay for him who was ejected from his freehold in time of war, as the writ of
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