Justicies
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In English ‘ law. <A writ _, directed to the sheriff, empowering him, for the sake of dispatch, to try an action in his county court for a larger amount than he has the ordinary power todo. It i 80 called because it Isa commission to the sheriff to do the party justice, the word itself meaning, “You may do justice to -” 3 Bl. Comm. 36; 4 Inst. 266.