This page is continued from Court Rulings, Orders, Decrees, Judgments, etc. >>>> Court Orders >>>> Writs:
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proprietary writ – ownership of something is sought to be restored, whether lands, goods, or money, including writs of debt, detinue, and account.
writ of attachment – orders legal seizure of a property or person to satisfy a creditor’s claim.
writ of execution – directs officers to enforce a judgment, often, but not always, by seizing & selling the judgment debtor’s property.
Writs Pertaining to an Action of Ejectment (recovery of land):
Writ of Ejectment – used for the recovery of land
Writ of Entry – allows a person wrongfully dispossessed of real property to enter & retake the property
Writ of Escheat – allows a lord to take possession of lands that had reverted to him when a tenant dies without heirs
Writ of Estrepement – to prevent waste by a tenant while a suit to recover the land is pending against the tenant (replaced by injunction)
Writs to Recover Property (estates) of Ancestors/Relatives
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