{"id":5308,"date":"2017-08-18T22:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5308"},"modified":"2017-11-03T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:46:58","slug":"seeking-specific-reasonable-actions-or-to-prevent-a-specific-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5308","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Writ or Optional Writ – command the defendant do a specified thing, or show why it has not been done or should not be done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alternative Writ<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(1827) A common-law writ commanding the person against whom\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>it is issued either to do a specific thing or to show cause why the court should not order<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nit to be done.\u201d[1]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Optional Writ<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(18c) At common law, an original writ issued when the plaintiff seeks\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>specific damages, such as payment of a liquidated debt. The writ commands the<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\ndefendant either to do a specified thing or to show why the thing has not been done.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Also see<\/span> Writ of Mandamus<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]:\u00a0All definitions from:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0<\/i>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0James L. High, A Treatise on Extraordinary Legal Remedies<\/em><\/a> \u00a7 2, at\u00a05-6 (1884).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alternative Writ: \u201c(1827) A common-law writ commanding the person against whom\u00a0it is issued either to do a specific thing or to show cause why the court should not order it to be done.\u201d[1] Optional Writ: \u201c(18c) At common law, an original writ issued when the plaintiff seeks\u00a0specific damages, such as payment of a liquidated debt. … Continue reading Alternative Writ or Optional Writ – command the defendant do a specified thing, or show why it has not been done or should not be done<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6405,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5308"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6469,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5308\/revisions\/6469"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}