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WRIT OF MANDAMUS

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Latin for we command. It is a write issued by a superior court compelling a government official or a lower court to perform mandatory or ministerial duties in a correct and proper fashion. … [Read more...]

WRIT OF SECOND SURCHARGE

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The name of a writ issued in England against a commoner who has a second time surcharged the common. … [Read more...]

WRIT OF MESNE

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The name of an ancient writ, which lies when: the lord paramount distrains on the tenant paravail; the latter shall have a writ of mesne against the lord who is mesne. Breve' de medio, old English law. A writ which was so called, by reason of the words used in the writ, namely, Unde idem A qui medius est inter C et praefatum B; that is, A, who is mesne between C, the lord … [Read more...]

WRIT OF SUMMONS

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The writ by which, under the English judicature acts, all actions are commenced. … [Read more...]

WRIT OF MONSTRAVERUNT

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Eng. law. A writ which lies for the tenants of ancient demesne who hold by free charter, and not for those tenants who hold by copy of court roll, or by the rod, according to the custom of the manor. F. N. B. 31. … [Read more...]

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