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Record and Writ Clerks

Record and Writ Clerks, three officers of the Court of Chancery, appointed by 5

Masters of the Supreme Court

and Attorney, the Master of the Crown Office, the two Record and Writ Clerks, and the three Associates. Their jurisdiction is mainly to hear

writ

a common-law writ directing an inferior court to remit the record of an action to the reviewing court in order that

Original Writ or Original

Original Writ or Original [breve originale, Lat.], was the beginning or foundation … then known in practice; and it seems that either the clerks of the Chancery (who prepared the original writ) had no

Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of

Sequestrari facias de bonis ecclesiasticis, Writ of, a process of execution issued against a beneficed clerkWrit of, a process of execution issued against a beneficed clerk commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish

Scire facias

you cause to know), a judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the person against whom it is brought to show

Mistake apparent on the record

Mistake apparent on the record, A 'mistake apparent on the record' must be an obvious … not more than of the High Court to entertain a writ petition on the basis of an 'error apparent on the

Remittitur of record

Remittitur of record. Formerly, when a writ of error in the Exchequer Chamber

praecipe

the issuing of a subpoena or the preparing of a record for appellate review. When addressed to a judge, as for … praecipe also pre·ci·pe [pre-sə-pē, prē-] n [Medieval Latin precipe, legal writ commanding a person to do something or show cause why … execution) from a party to a clerk of a court or sometimes to

Certiorari

inferior Courts, commanding them to certify or to return the records of a cause depending before them, to the end that … Certiorari (to be more fully informed of), an original writ issuing out of the Crown side of the King's Bench

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