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Definition of Vicontiel<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cadj. (17c.) 1. Of, relating to, or involving a viscount. 2. Of,\u00a0<\/strong>relating to, or involving a sheriff.<\/strong> \u2013 Also termed visountiel. \u2013 Also termed vice-<\/em>comital.<\/em>\u201d[1]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u201c<\/strong>(18c.) Hist<\/em>. A writ triable in the county court. \u00a0In the 13th-14th\u00a0<\/strong>centuries, civil litigation could originate in the county court either by oral plaint or by a\u00a0writ from the Chancery ordering the sheriff to do justice in a case. \u00a0The writ that began\u00a0such a proceeding was called vicontiel because it was addressed to the sheriff.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from George Crompton’s<\/span>\u00a0Practice Common-Placed: Rules and\u00a0Cases of Practice in the Courts of King\u2019s Bench and Common\u00a0Pleas<\/a><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cVicontiel writs were of two sorts, the one founded on<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Torts<\/em><\/a>, the other on<\/span> Contracts<\/a>. The vicontiel writs adapted for\u00a0torts<\/em><\/a>, were those of<\/span> trespass<\/a>, replegiari facias <\/em><\/span><\/strong>(aka “Writ of Replevin”)<\/em>, nuisance, &\u00a0others of the like nature; & those of matters of contract were\u00a0called writs of justice<\/em>, which was a command to the sheriff to\u00a0do justice between the parties….<\/span>\u201d[2]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Writs Adapted for Torts<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Writ of Replevin<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Writ of Trespass<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Definition of Vicontiel: \u201cadj. (17c.) 1. Of, relating to, or involving a viscount. 2. Of,\u00a0relating to, or involving a sheriff. \u2013 Also termed visountiel. \u2013 Also termed vice-comital.\u201d[1] Vicontiel Writ: \u201c(18c.) Hist. A writ triable in the county court. \u00a0In the 13th-14th\u00a0centuries, civil litigation could originate in the county court either by oral plaint or … Continue reading Vicontiel (Sheriff\/County) Writs founded on Torts:<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5398","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=5398"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5439,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5398\/revisions\/5439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}