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De lunatico inquirendo, writ

Matched in: Term De lunatico inquirendo, writ

Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of

Matched in: Term Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of

Day-rule, or day-writ

Matched in: Term Day-rule, or day-writ

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Dower unde nihil habet, writ of

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habeas corpus [Medieval Latin, literally, you should have the body (the opening words of the writ)] : any of several writs originating at common law that are issued to bring a party before the

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

Habeas Corpus Act

Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), providing remedy for violation of personal liberty by the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, which see below.

Habeas corpus testificandum

Habeas corpus testificandum (that you have the body to testify), a writ to bring a witness into Court, when he is in custody at the time of a trial. A