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prerogative writ
prerogative writ see writ
writ
in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals called also prerogative writ see also certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, quo warranto
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
you have the body to answer). This, the most celebrated prerogative writ in the English law, is a remedy for a person
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Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is
Habeas corpora juratorum
Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 500. Is a high prerogative writ of English Common Law, Habeas Corpus Act of 1979 and … In India every High Court is empowered to issue the prerogative writ of habeas corpus for enforcement of fundamental rights and for
Primer fine
of covenant, there was due to the Crown, by ancient prerogative, a primer fine, or a noble for every five marks … Primer fine. One suing out the writ or pr'cipe, called a writ of covenant, there was due
Seisina habenda
lands and tenements, after the sovereign, in right of his prerogative, had had the year, day, and waste on a felony … Seisina habenda, etc., a writ for delivery of seisin to the lord of lands and
Deliverance, second, writ of
Deliverance, second, writ of. The judgment of non pros. In replevin at Common
Restitution, Writ of
Restitution, Writ of. If the judgment below was reserved in a court
Writ
Writ [breve, Lat.], a judicial process, by which any one is
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