writs in English
The applicant commenced proceedings in this Court for writs of mandamus, certiorari and injunctions.
Use "writs" in a sentence
1. We walk tall, no longer cowed by writs.
2. Actiones nominatae are writs for which there were precedents in the English chancery
3. Within their original jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 32 , the High Courts and the Supreme Court can issue writs against the state to set right the grievance of an aggrieved party by issuing writs / orders / injunctions , etc .
4. Allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of Allocare allocate, from L
5. To lay claim to on behalf of another: as, to Arrogate to the crown the privilege of issuing writs
6. The Constable's office executes and returns to courts all warrants, capias warrants, other criminal process, citations, subpoenas, forcibles and writs
7. We were told the lawyers of Lord's were worried that a statement might unleash a torrent of writs against newspapers.
8. Bailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc
9. Habeas Corpus definition is - any of several common-law writs issued to bring a party before a court or judge; especially : habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum
10. It may be noted that, against the retrospective amendment restricting the transition of accumulated Cesses, writs have been filed before various High Courts
11. The English courts of chancery would make no writs when there was no precedent, and the cases for which there were precedents were called Actiones nominatoe.
12. ‘The old judicial review remedies of Certiorari, mandamus and prohibition were never applied to charitable trusts as such.’ ‘Certainly, insofar as the order nisi seeks writs of mandamus and Certiorari, it is outside of the time limit.’ ‘Well, your Honour, the orders that are sought are writs of mandamus and Certiorari in this matter.’
13. A Bailiff is a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests, functionally similar to a modern judge, hence the revolver's change of name
14. “Constables may serve the writs and processes described in section ninety-two and warrants and processes in criminal cases although their town, parish, religious society or district is a party or interested
15. Noun A name given to certain writs commanding juries to be summoned for the trial of causes: as, Assize of novel disseizin, the ancient common-law remedy for the recovery of the …
16. The Office of the Ex-Officio Constable for the Las Vegas Township is managed and operated under the direction of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.Services provided include processing abandoned vehicle complaint reports, writs of execution and …
17. The Assize of Clarendon 1166); (b) the edicts or enactments made at such sessions; (c) the forms of action or procedures instituted by such edicts and available as writs to would-be litigants in the royal court (e.g
18. Allocate "to set aside for a special purpose," 1630s, from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of Allocare "allocate, allot," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + locare "to place," from locus "a place" (see locus)
19. One debt of almost E 2 8 0 was Attermined for payment at &i5s 4d per year during the twelve- fifties, a rate which would require 125 years for its complete repayment.” But a strong impression is given that such writs of extent and attermination become much less commonly available in the twelve-fifties than they had been previously, even
20. Certiorari Certiorari n [Medieval Latin Certiorari (volumus) (we wish) to be informed (words used in the Latin texts of such writs)]: an extraordinary writ issued by a superior court (as the Supreme Court) to call up the records of a particular case from an inferior judicial body (as a Court of Appeals) see also the Judicial System in the back matter compare appeal NOTE: Certiorari is one of