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Statute-merchant
that, on failure of payment on the day assigned, execution might be awarded, without any mesne process to summon the debtor, or bringing in proofs to convict him, and thus, it is presumed, it obtained the name
Mannire
of them are citations, this is by the adverse party and that is by the judge. Mannire, to summon (an adverse party) to court; to prosecute (a case), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 975
Material witness
(487): 1959 Supp (1) SCR 724. [Criminal PC (5 of 1898), s. 208] The Court has power to summon material witness, or examine person present if his evidence appears to be essential for the just decision of
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Mote-bell
Mote-bell, the bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the Court.
Original Writ or Original
andrequiring him to command the defendant to satisfy the claim, and, on his failure to comply, then to summon him to appear in one of the superior Courts of Common Law. In some cases it simply required
Outriders
bailiffs-errant employed by sheriffs or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred Court.
Pone per vadium
Pone per vadium, an obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on his putting in sureties to pro-secute: it was
Quod permittat prosternere
permit the plaintiff to abate, quod permittat prosternere, the nuisance complained of; and, unless he so permits, to summon him to appear in court, and show cause why he will not. And this writ lies as well
Servitors of Bills
servants or messengers of the Marshal of the King's Bench, who were sent abroad with writs, etc., to summon persons to that Court, 2 Hen. 4, c. 23.
Venire facias
Venire facias, a judicial writ awarded to the sheriff to summon a jury for the trial of a cause, but abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. It
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