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Restitution, Writ of
Restitution, Writ of. If the judgment below was reserved in a court of error, the plaintiff in error might have had a writ of restitution in order that he might be restored to all he had...
Ground-writ
Ground-writ. Before the C.L.P. Act, 1852, a ca. Sa. (capias ad satisfaciendum, (q.v.) or fi. fa. (fieri facias, q.v.) could not be issued into a county different from that in which the venue in the action...
Original Writ or Original
real action at Common Law. It is also applied to processes for some other purposes. It was a mandatory letter issuing out of the Common Law or ordinary jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (see now CHANCERY),
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Inquiry, writ of
Inquiry, writ of. This is a writ addressed to the sheriff of the county in which the venue is laid, stating the proceedings in an action, and 'because it is unknown what damages the plaintiff has...
Si non omnes, Writ of
Si non omnes, Writ of, a writ on association of justices, by which, if all in commission cannot meet at the day assigned, it is allowed that two or more of them may finish the business,...
Right, Writ of
Right, Writ of [breve de recto, Lat.], a procedure for the recovery of real property after not more than sixty years' adverse possession; the highest writ in the law, sometimes called the writ of right proper....
Action of a writ
Action of a writ, a phrase used when a defendant pleads some matter by which he shows that the plaintiff had no cause to have the writ which he brought, although it may be that he...
Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de
Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de. The first species of extraordinary trial by jury is that of the grand assize, which was instituted by Henry II., in parliament, by way of alternative offered to the choice of...
Mesne, writ of
Mesne, writ of, an ancient and abolished writ, which lay when the lord paramount distrained on the tenant paravail; the latter had a writ of mesne against the mesne lord.
Post, Writ of Entry in
Post, Writ of Entry in, an abolished writ given by the Statute of Marlbridge, 52 Hen. 3, c. 29, which provided that when the number of alienations or descents exceeded the usual degrees, a new writ...
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