Writs

It was also established that the most important tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics be summoned to the council by personal writs from the sovereign, and that all others be summoned to the council by general writs from the sheriffs of their counties.

Britain imposed heavy taxes on imports and issued “writs of assistance” entitling British soldiers to search any home for evidence that tariffs on tea or whiskey had been shirked.

Sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, Martinez spent the next three decades filing writs, appeals and petitions as a self-taught jailhouse lawyer.

The bear sank her teeth into his forearm until they hit the bone when he heard a crunch, and he realised the bite had rendered his writs and fingers unusable.

As a result, many writs were filed, suing for large sums of money because of the APNU/AFC’s falsity and recklessness and now, ironically, it is the PPP/C Government which is faced with footing the bill.

When the money reaches the beneficiaries directly, nobody gets a cut, syndicates' writs do not run.

Nicole Latour, the N.W.T.'s chief electoral officer, with 19 signed writs of election — one for each district in the territory.

Senior federal government minister Simon Birmingham said the tax legislation would be brought forward to the new parliament at the first opportunity after the writs are returned.

Because the various civil writs were clearly defined, English subjects served with one would know with particularity what legal requirement they were alleged to have violated and, accordingly, what would be at issue in court.

Historically, general warrants—and specifically, writs of assistance—gave law enforcement broad discretion to search wherever and whatever they deemed necessary, without the need to establish specific probable cause before a judicial officer.

Writs began flying, with talk of a peanut butter war flaring in the media in October.

After each Parliament concludes, the Crown issues writs to hold a general election and elect new members of the House of Commons, though membership of the House of Lords does not change.

Appeals and writs that are related to a current action do not count as “final determinations” or additional determinations, because until all avenues of appeal have been exhausted the determinations cannot be construed as “final”.

Atack, p. 165 As Scientology faced increasingly negative media attention, the GO retaliated with hundreds of writs for libel and slander; it issued more than forty on a single day.

Examples of these include talismans, charts, writs, tallies, and registers.

He began issuing royal writs for the south-west of England once again and travelled to York where he held a major court in an attempt to impress upon the northern barons that royal authority was being reasserted.

However, because it was limited to enumerated writs for enumerated rights and wrongs, the writ system sometimes produced unjust results.

However, other writs were issued with the same effect as early as the reign of Henry II in the 12th century.

In response, DHA claimed that as a Commonwealth agency the legislation of NSW did not apply to it and further sought writs of prohibition attempting to restrain Mr. Henderson from pursuing the matter further.

In the Shire Court, charters and writs would be read out for all to hear.