original writ
- An outdated legal document that would be issued by the English chancery court to initiate a lawsuit and to call the defendant to court
- The historical use of an original writ was to start legal proceedings in the chancery court.
- An original writ was the method of bringing a case and the defendant before the court in England's legal history.
- Learning about the original writ gives students a better understanding of the evolution of contemporary legal procedures.
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