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Prerogative Writs
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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 … mandamus, grant a rule ordering justices to do any act appertaining to their office, and the (English) County Courts Act, 1888, s. 131 [see now (English) County Courts Act, 1934, s. 114], makes a similar provision as
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Curiality
The privileges prerogatives or retinue of a court … The privileges prerogatives or retinue of a court
Pardon
an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. But after the impeachment has been solemnly heard and determined, the prerogative of pardon may be extended to the person impeached. A pardon may be conditional; see (English) Criminal Justice … the following form:- Edward R. & I. Whereas Adolf Beck was at the Sessions of the Central Criminal Court commencing on the 24th day of February, 1896, convicted on certain charges of obtaining rings and other Articles
writ
extraordinary remedy at the discretion of the court in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals called also prerogative writ see also certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, quo warranto compare writ of right in this entry … in colonial America that authorized customs officers to search unspecified places for any smuggled goods NOTE: Many colonial courts refused to issue writs of assistance, which were a focus of bitter resentment against arbitrary searches and seizures.
Habeas corpora juratorum
the higher court shall decree, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 500. Is a high prerogative writ of English Common Law, Habeas Corpus Act of 1979 and 1816 are basis of security for the … juratorum, Law Latin (that you have the bodies of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from
Ecclesiastical Courts
Christianitatis, Lat.] are the Archdeacon's Court, the Consistory Courts, the Court of Arches, the Courts of Peculiars, the Prerogative Courts of the two archbishops, the Faculty Court, and the Privy Council, which is the Appeal Court.
Sequestration
Sequestration. This is a prerogative process (formerly confined to the Court of Chancery and the Courts of Probate and Divorce), addressed to certain
Ledger-book
Ledger-book, a book in the prerogative Courts, considered as their rolls
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