A writ which is issued on the reversal of a judgment, commanding the sheriff to restore to the defendant below, the thing levied upon, if it has not been sold, and if it has been sold, the proceeds. … [Read more...]

In English law. The name of a writ formerly issued by the secular courts, for the execution, by burning, of a man who had been convicted in the ecclesiastical courts df heresy. … [Read more...]

practice. A writ which lies where a party claims damage for breach of covenant, i.e. of a promise under seal. … [Read more...]

practice. A writ which lies to replevy a man out of prison, or out of the custody of any private person, in the same manner in which cattle taken in distress may be replevied, upon giving security to the sheriff that the man shall be forthcoming to answer to any charge against him. 2. This writ is almost entirely superseded by the more effectual writ of habeas corpus. … [Read more...]

A writ which lies where the party claims the recovery, of a debt; e., a liquidated or certain sum ot money alleged to be due to him. … [Read more...]