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De arbitratione facta, Writ of
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De lunatico inquirendo, writ
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Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of
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Day-rule, or day-writ
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Dower unde nihil habet, writ of
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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
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
mandamus
mandamus [Latin, we enjoin, from mandare to enjoin] : an extraordinary writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction to an inferior tribunal, a public official, an administrative agency, a
Injunction
for it; thus injunctions have been granted to restrain the following acts: the publication of letters, for the writer of a letter has a joint property in it with the person to whom it is addressed, the
Peremptory mandamus
Peremptory mandamus, a second mandamus, which issues where the return which has been made to the first writ is found either insufficient in law or false in fact. To this writ no other return will be
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