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Attach

to take or apprehend by commandant or a writ or precept. It differs from arrest, because it takes not only the

Auxilium curi'

Auxilium curi', a precept or order of Court citing and convening a party, at

Direction

mean an order issued to a particular individual or a precept which many may have to follow. It may be a

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Documents

Documents, records, writings, precepts, instruc-tions, or directions. See DISCOVERY; ROLLS. Documents means the document

Forensic medicine

in a more extensive sense, medical police, or those medical precepts which may prove useful to the legislature or the magistracy.

Mittimus

and transferring records from one court to another. Also a precept or command in writing, directed to the gaoler or keeper

High Steward, Court of the Lord

regularly removed by certiorari, the Lord High Steward addresses a precept to a serjeant-at-arms, to summon the lords to attend and

Induction

peculiar, to the dean or judge, who usually issues a precept to another clergyman to perform it for him. The person

Jury process

venire juratores facias, now abolished. A jury is summoned by precept. See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 77

Schoolery

Something taught precepts schooling

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