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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 clerk … Writ 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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