A term descriptive of a bill in equity which seeks a discovery upon general, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Eq. PI. i 325; In re Pacific Ry. Com’n (C. C.) 32 Fed. 263; Hurricane Tel. Co. v. Mohler, 51 W. Va. 1, 41 S. E. 421; Carroll v. Carroll, 11 Barb. (N. Y.) 298.