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)