In English ecclesiastical law. A judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign’s command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another. Upon his appearance, the parson may have this writ for the release of the sequestration. Reg. Jud. 36. Sequi debet poteutia justitiam non prsecedere. 2 Inst. 454. Power should follow justice, not precede it