| In the execution of a writ of assistance, the sheriff cannot remove any of the tenants in common who hold under a title derived from a source independent of him through whom the purchaser claims. |
| Exercise of power to grant writ of assistance rests in sound discretion of court, and the power will never be exercised in a case of doubt. |
| It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. |
| It was adopted in response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, a type of general search warrant issued by the British government and a major source of tension in pre-Revolutionary America. |
| The insurance of the writ of assistance does not immediately follow the decree adjudicating the rights of the parties in cases where those rights are not finally and irrevocably fixed. |
| Writ of assistance, in English and American colonial history, a general search warrant issued by superior provincial courts to assist the British government in enforcing trade and navigation laws. |
