writ of subpoena
41subpoena — A writ ordering a person to appear in court …
42subpoena — The ordinary process by which the attendance of a witness in court is compelled, being issued by the clerk of court. 58 Am J1st Witn § 13. A writ or process in equity, equivalent to a summons in an action at law, through which a party is… …
43judicial writ — noun (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer • Syn: ↑writ • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑legal instrument, ↑ …
44issue a writ — index charge (accuse), subpoena Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
45Latitat — A latitat is a legal device, namely a writ, that is based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding , see Blackstone.In England the writ, is essentially a summons out of the civil, and in those days common law only court King s… …
46Frederick Richard Jordan — Sir Frederick Richard Jordan (1881 1949) was a barrister, chief justice and lieutenant governor of New South Wales.. He was the ninth Chief justice of New South Wales, a state of Australia. Jordan was a distinguished lawyer as well as the… …
47common law — 1. the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law. 2. the unwritten law, esp. of England, based on custom or court decision, as distinct from statute law. 3. the law… …
48lawsuit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Legal action Nouns 1. lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, proceedings, dispute; hearing, trial; verdict, judgment, award; recovery, damages. See legality. 2. (legal actions) citation, arraignment,… …
49Lawsuit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lawsuit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lawsuit lawsuit suit action cause Sgm: N 1 litigation litigation Sgm: N 1 suit in law suit in law Sgm: N 1 dispute dispute &c. 713 GRP …
50Serjeant-at-law — (postnominal SL [cite web | url=http://www.burkes peerage.net/code/hith/help/ahp s.asp | title=Abbreviations (S), Burke s Peerage | accessdate=2006 12 07] ) was an order of barristers at the English or Irish bar. Serjeants at law ( servientes ad… …
