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The following 22 entries include the term writ of.
writ of inquiry
: a writ issued commanding a sheriff to determine by trial the amount of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff when an interlocutory judgment has been rendered against a defaulting defendant but damages are not readily calculable
writ of privilege
: a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit
writ of protection
: a writ issued out of the chancery to free an English subject absent overseas on royal service from most legal suits but usually not charges of felony and in disuse since the 17th century
writ of recaption
: a rarely used writ by which pending an action of replevin damages may be recovered for one whose goods being distrained for rent or service are distrained again for the same cause
writ of reprisal
writ of right close
: a writ of right used for tenants of the ancient demesne and directed to the bailiff of the manor commanding the lord to do right in his court
writ of right patent
: a writ of right directed to the sheriff and used in behalf of a person claiming to hold land by free tenure of a mesne lord
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