writ of trial
1writ of trial — In English law, a writ directing an action brought in a superior court to be tried in an inferior court or before the undersheriff, under St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 42. It was superseded by the county courts act of 1867, c. 142, No. 6, by which a… …
2writ — A written judicial order to perform a specified act, or giving authority to have it done, as in a writ of mandamus or certiorari, or as in an original writ for instituting an action at common law. A written court order or a judicial process,… …
3writ of coram nobis — see writ Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. writ of coram nobis …
4writ — / rit/ n [Old English, something written] 1: a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2: an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the… …
5writ of error — writ′ of er′ror n. law a writ issued by an appellate court directing the court of record to send a trial record to the appellate court to be examined for possible errors …
6writ of right — noun a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ * * * 1. : an original writ used to protect a feudal tenant in the enjoyment of his freehold property by trial of… …
7Trial by combat — 1540s depiction of a 1409 judicial combat in Augsburg (Paulus Hector Mair, Munich cod. icon. 393) Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of… …
8Writ of attaint — A writ of attaint is an obsolete writ in English law, issued to inquire whether a jury had given a false verdict in a trial. In criminal cases, the writ of attaint was issued at the suit of the Crown, and in civil cases at the suit of either… …
9writ of error — noun a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ * * * : a writ that lies in a competent court after judgment in an action… …
10Writ — For other uses, see Writ (disambiguation). In common law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs and subpoenas… …
