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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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