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Second deliverance, Writ of
Second deliverance, Writ of, a judicial writ that lies, after a non suit of the plaintiff in replevin, and a retorno habendo of the cattle replevied, adjudged to him that distrained them, commanding the sheriff to...
Second Surcharge, Writ of
Second Surcharge, Writ of. If after admeasurement of common, upon a writ of admeasurement of pasture, the same defendant surcharged the common again, the plaintiff might have had this writ of second surcharge de secunda superoneratione,...
Testatum Writ
Testatum Writ, a process of execution which was issued into a different county than that in which the venue was laid in the declaration; it must have been founded on a writ ejusdem generis, issued into...
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Resealing writ
Resealing writ, the second sealing of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or to cure it of an irregularity.
De lunatico inquirendo, writ
De lunatico inquirendo, writ, a process formerly issued to inquire into the condition of a person's mind. Those judges [see (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 17; Jud. Act, 1875, s. 7] to whom, by special authority...
Possession, Writ of
Possession, Writ of, the process of execution in an action of ejectment. A judgment for the recovery, or for the delivery of the possession of land may be enforced by writ of possession (R.S.C. 1883,
Covenant, writ of
Covenant, writ of (abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, s. 36), a writ for claiming damages for breach of covenant,superseded by the action of covenant where the damages were unliquidated and by the...
Right close, Writ of
Right close, Writ of, a writ which is directed unto the lord of ancient demesne, which lieth for those tenants within ancient demesne who hold their lands by charter in fee-simple, or in fee tail, or...
Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of
Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of, a process of execution issued against a beneficed clerk commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish church, and to take and sequester the same, and hold...
Twelve-day writ
Twelve-day writ, a writ issued under the repealed Summary Procedure on Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 67) ('Keating's Act'), for summary procedure on bills of exchange and promissory notes, abolished by...
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