(A) A writ which issues after the plaintiff in an action has obtained a judgment by default, on an unliquidated claim, directing the sheriff, with the aid of a jury, to inquire into the amount of the plaintiff's demand and assess his damages. Vide Writ Of Inquiry. (B) practice. When in an action sounding in damages, as covenant, trespass, and the like, an interlocutory judgment … [Read more...]

Latin for you may have the body a court order requiring a person under arrest to be brought to appear in front of a judge or court. It's purpose is to release a prisoner who is held in prison from unlawful detention, meaning that the imprisionment is unjustified due to a lack of sufficient cause or evidence. … [Read more...]

practice. This writ lies where a party claims the specific recovery of lands and tenements, as issue in tail; or as remainder-man or reversioner, upon the determination of an estate in tail. … [Read more...]

A writ which appears to be still in use to bring appeals to the English high court from inferior courts not of record proceeding according to the course of the common law. Archb Pr 1427. … [Read more...]

The name of a process issued in the course of proceedings in outlawry, and which immediately precedes the writ of capias agatum. See Exigent, or Exigi Facias. … [Read more...]