Mercatorum Alienigenorum
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old English law
A writ against the goods of aliens found within this kingdom, in recompense of goods taken from a denizen in a foreign country, after denial of restitution.
Reg. Orig. 129.
The ancient civilians called it "clarigatio," but by the moderns it is termed "reprisalia."