One of a class of violent evil-doers in the reign of Edward I, who, as brigands or hired ruffians, bludgeoned, maltreated, and robbed the king's…

A legal process against a tenant for non-payment of rent; chiefly relating to lands held in gavelkind (see quots.).

A process of distress (or arrest) for debt, formerly current in the Cinque Ports (and other towns).

More fully writ of praemunire facias. A writ charging a sheriff to summon a person accused of asserting or maintaining papal jurisdiction in…

Scottish. ‘A sealed letter from the Crown to landholders for the apprehension of persons offending against the law.’ Obsolete.

a legal enactment or process by which a person is declared bankrupt.

Protection from violent attack given by a monarch to a person seeking legal process. Obsolete. rare.

Avocatory letter or mandate.

Law. information quo warranto (also information in the nature of quo warranto and variants). The step by which proceedings are begun to challenge…

a legal enactment or process by which a person is declared insane.

Scots Law. jedge and warrant, ‘the authority given by the Dean of Guild to repair a ruinous tenement’ (W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl.).

More fully habeas corpora nuper vicecomitis (i.e. of the late sheriff): a process for bringing an ex-sheriff to account to the crown or to his…

(a) an order issued by the Court of Chancery to stay payment of funds in the custody of the Court; (b) an order directing a broker to buy or sell…

British. Law. A formal warning issued by the police to someone who has committed a minor offence, to the effect that further action will be taken if…