Letter Missive
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In English law
A letter from the king or queen to a dean and chapter, containing the name of the person whom he would have them elect as bishop. ] Steph. Comm. 666. A request addressed to & peer, peeress, or lord of parliament against whom a bill has been filed desiring the de fendant to appear and answer to the bill. In civil-law practice. The phrase “let. ters missive,” or “letters dimissory,” is som times used to denote the papers sent up on an appeal by the judge or court below to the superior tribunal, otherwise called the “apostles,” (q. 0.)