writs

  • 11assignation of writs — transfer of the deeds. As a matter of statutory implication in Scottish conveyancing, the person obtaining land under a disposition or original grant is assigned the writs, the purpose being to fortify his ex facie valid title if challenged, a… …

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  • 12concurrent writs — Court orders issued in duplicate originals; several orders issued at the same time for the same purpose. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. concurrent writs Court orders issued …

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  • 13judicial writs — Orders issued by a judge in the English courts after a lawsuit had begun. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. judicial writs Orders issued by a judge in the English courts after a …

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  • 14pluries writs of execution — Third and subsequent writs of execution issued to enforce a judgment that was not satisfied by the sheriff acting under the original and alias writs of execution …

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  • 15Return of writs — The privilege of return of writs, in medieval England, was a right given to certain liberties or franchises to execute royal writs within the land in question …

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  • 16Letters, Riddles and Writs — is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman. The story is devised by Nyman, with a libretto by Jeremy Newson and Pat Gavin that incorporates Emily Anderson s English translations of correspondence and other texts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart …

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  • 17clerks of Records and Writs — Officers formerly attached to the English court of chancery, whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, etc. By the judicature (officers ) act, 1879, they were transferred to the… …

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  • 18clerks of Records and Writs — Officers formerly attached to the English court of chancery, whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, etc. By the judicature (officers ) act, 1879, they were transferred to the… …

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  • 19All Writs Act — Federal Act which permits federal appellate courts to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law. 28 U.S.C.A. No. 1651 …

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  • 20concurrent writs — In England, duplicate originals, or several writs running at the same time for the same purpose, for service on or arrest of a person, when it is not known where he is to be found; or for service on several persons, as when there are several… …

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