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Pluries

A writ issued in the third place after two former writs have been disregarded

Certiorari

Certiorari (to be more fully informed of), an original writ issuing out of the Crown side of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, addressed,

Extent

Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the

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of Westminster 2 (13 Edw. 1, c. 24), which regulated and limited the increasing practice of framing new writs by officers of the Crown and empowered the Clerks in Chancery to frame new writs in consimili casu

King's Bench

was very high. It kept all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and might either, by writ of certiorari, remove their proceedings to be determined here, or, by writ of prohibition, prohibit their progress below.

Habere facias possessionem

Habere facias possessionem (that you cause to have possession), a writ that issues for a successful plaintiff in ejectment, to put him in possession of the premises recovered. If

Elegit

Elegit (he has chosen), a judicial writ of execution founded on the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. 1, c. 18), by which it became,

Quod permittat prosternere

Quod permittat prosternere, a writ, in the nature of a writ of right, to abate a nuisance, Fitz. N.B. 104. Abolished. Means 'that

Recto, Breve de

Recto, Breve de, a writ of right, which was of so high a nature that, as other writs in real actions were only

Distringas

Distringas (that you distrain), anciently called constringas, a writ addressed to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The cases in which it was used in

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