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Stabilia
Stabilia, a writ called by that name, founded on a custom in Normandy that where a man in power claimed lands in the possession of an inferior, he petitioned the prince that it might be ut...
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution shall not effect a title bona fide acquired before seizure; (2) that in an...
Warrant
Warrant, an authority; a precept under hand and seal to some officer to arrest an offender, to be dealt with according to due course of law; also, a writ conferring some right or authority, a citation...
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Vi laica removend'
Vi laica removend', a writ that lies where two persons contend for a church, and one of them enters into it with a great number of laymen, and holds out the other vi et armis; and...
Venire facias tot matronas
Venire facias tot matronas, a writ to summon a jury of matrons to execute the writ de ventre inspiciendo.
Venire facias de novo
Venire facias de novo, a second writ to summon another jury for a new trial. The venire de novo was the Old Common Law method of proceeding to a new trial, and differed materially from granting...
Trespass
Trespass [fr. transgressio, Lat.], any transgression of the law, less than treason, felony, or misprision of either. An unlawful act committed against the person or property of another esp. wrongful entry on another's real property, Black's...
Tolt
Tolt, a writ whereby a cause depending in a Court-baron was taken and removed into a county Court, O.N.B. 4. Means a writ for removing a case pending in a court baron to a county court,...
Terris liberandis
Terris liberandis, a writ that lay for a man convicted by attaint, to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment, and then to deliver to him his lands...
Supplicavit
Supplicavit, a writ which issued out of Chancery for taking surety of the peace, upon Articles filed on oath, when one was in danger of being hurt in his body by another; it was addressed to...
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