Definition of Judicial writ

1. Noun. (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Judicial Writ

judicatures
judicial
judicial activism
judicial admission
judicial branch
judicial day
judicial decision
judicial doctrine
judicial notice
judicial principle
judicial proceeding
judicial review
judicial sale
judicial separation
judicial system
judicial writ (current term)
judicialization
judicialize
judicialized
judicializes
judicializing
judicially
judiciaries
judiciary
judicious
judiciously
judiciousness
judiciousnesses
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Literary usage of Judicial writ

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"544). , A "scire facias" is a judicial writ, and ought to be founded on a record. ... whether considered as an original or judicial writ, is an action and ..."

2. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Distinction between the judicial writ and the writ remedial. ... A judicial writ was a direction to yield up, to quiet, or to continue the possession of ..."

3. A Treatise on Federal Practice in Civil Causes: With Special Reference to by Roger Foster (1892)
"Distinction between the judicial writ and the Writ Remedial. ... A judicial writ was a direction to yield up, to quiet, or to continue the possession of ..."

4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1900)
"It has been held that if such judicial writ be issued by any other court, it will be a mere nullity,8 and an appearance and answer by the defendant will ..."

5. A Treatise on the Writ of Scire Facias, with an Appendix of References to Forms by Thomas Campbell Foster (1851)
"... or where a writ, person has become interested in the suit, who was not a party to the judgment (/), it is a judicial writ to warn the defendant to plead ..."

6. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"... law to forge any judicial writ.* 1871; Kennedy ». State, (Tex.) 26 As to " certificate," see State ». Grant, SW Eep. 78, 1894; Dixon v. ..."

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