WRIT OF REPLEVIN - The name of a
process issued for the recovery of goods and chattels.
WRIT OF PRAECIPE - This writ is
also called a writ of covenant, and is sued out by
the party to whom lands are to be conveyed by fine;
the foundation of which is a supposed agreement or
covenant that the one shall convey the land to the
other.
WRIT OF PREVENTION - This name is
given to certain writs which may be issued in anticipation
of suits which may arise.
WRIT OF RESTITUTION - A writ which
is issued on the reversal of a judgment, commanding
the sheriff to restore to the defendant below, the
thing levied upon, if it has not been sold, and if
it has been sold, the proceeds.
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