Subsidiary process issued pending a suit, or process issued in execution of the judgment. They varied, says the author of Fleta, according to the variety of the pleadings of the parties and of their responses. Many of them, however, long since became fixed in their forms, beyond the power of the courts to alter them, unless authorized to do so by the legislature. … [Read more...]

The failure to fulfill a promise that was made and the promisor obligated to complete … [Read more...]

In old Irish law. A judge. 1 Bl. Comm. 100. Brehons, {breitheamhuin,} judges. … [Read more...]

These were writs formed by the masters in chancery, pursuant to the stat. West. 2, c. 24. They vary according to the diversity of cases and complaints, of which, says the author of Fleta, some are personal, some real, some mixed, according as actions are diverse or various, because so many will be the forms of writs as there are kinds of actions. … [Read more...]

The failure of security measures. … [Read more...]