单词 | judicial writ |
释义 | judicial writ (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY judicial writ: judicial writs USAGE EXAMPLESA judicial writ ad inquirendum being executed, the prisons of his inquisition were laid open, and several innocent captives enlarged. Smollett, T. (Tobias), The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Gre...(2010) n (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer Syn|Hypo|Hyper writ court order a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something warranta writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts assizean ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property certiorari, writ of certioraria common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpusa writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge venire faciasa judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty mandamus, writ of mandamusan extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail attachmenta writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding fieri faciasa writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt scire faciasa judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled sequestrationa writ that authorizes the seizure of property writ of detinuea writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained writ of electiona writ ordering the holding of an election writ of errora judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial writ of prohibitiona judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case writ of righta writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner process, summonsa writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant subpoena, subpoena ad testificanduma writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court subpoena duces tecuma writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant documents under the witness's control divestiturean order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior search warranta warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search arrest warrant, bench warranta warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court death warranta warrant to execute the death sentence cachet, lettre de cacheta warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal reprievea warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) commutationa warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one amnesty, pardona warrant granting release from punishment for an offense execution, writ of executiona routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out gag ordera court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit garnishmenta court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee interdict, interdictiona court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity citationa summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding monition, process of monitiona summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted ticketa summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
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