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How to use writs in a sentence

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Not only could these customs officers search any house they wished, the writs of assistance were transferable to their assistants.
Well, your Honour, the orders that are sought are writs of mandamus and certiorari in this matter.
Legal sources said the prisoners cannot be forced to accept the writs, and that the highly publicised lawsuits cannot proceed without them.
Certainly, insofar as the order nisi seeks writs of mandamus and certiorari, it is outside of the time limit.
There were several public meetings, a court case, a supreme court hearing and writs of ejectment, but Forsyth refused to go.
Thus, he was an undischarged bankrupt when the writs were issued and when he obtained the default judgments.
The hundred bailiff served the sheriff's writs and the constable maintained law and order.
He does, after all, owe me 100 from the Troon Open which, despite invoices, writs, bailiffs and enforcers, he still has not paid.
In most such cases, complaints are settled out of court and writs are not issued.
When convicted prisoners brought petitions for writs of habeas corpus before the U.S. Supreme Court, the prisoners were released immediately.
In September 2004, the applicant filed an application in the High Court for the constitutional writs of certiorari and mandamus.
Many years after the original judgments were taken out, an application was brought to the court to have new writs of seizure and sale issued.
The applicant commenced proceedings in this Court for writs of mandamus, certiorari and injunctions.
It was in the context of a privative clause in relation to the ability of courts to issue prerogative writs.
Most of the tenantry chose to pay the rent rather than face being served with ejectment writs.
Before the writs and the fists fly let me point out that there's no hanky-panky, rumpy-pumpy or anything of the sort involved.
There was, in addition, the particular grievance that writs of assistance were general warrants.
The great seal is used for proclamations, writs, letters patent, and treaties.
These are applications for writs of Habeas Corpus made in the context of extradition proceedings.
In the circumstances, I would refuse the applications for prerogative writs.
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On dismissing the Parliament, he had instantly ordered the issue of writs for the assembling of a new one, returnable in six days.
Was it possible that one of the bank's customers was feloniously smuggling merchandise out of town to avoid writs of attachment?
The deep political purpose with which this parliament was assembled is reflected even in the formal language of the writs.
A committee of barn-burners, Mynheer, to ask you not to serve any more writs.
Hence an expedient was devised of issuing writs for a new parliament, returnable in six days.
The Parliament was dissolved and writs for an election, returnable on the 11th of April, issued.
Its original jurisdiction consists in issuing writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, and habeas corpus.
Evil always going to jail despite habeas corpuses, writs, and duces tecums.
They are serving the writs in ejectment and putting the dummy buyers in possession.
Sometimes several such writs are addressed at one time to the escheator to inquire into many deaths in the same place.
For what amount are these debts upon which writs are returnable?
They will serve writs for their money, and the firm will be declared bankrupt.
Safe-conduct passes for knaves are writs of capias to honest men.
Writs in the hands of the sheriff, judgments on the docket, fi.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
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