Judicial writs
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English practice. Such writs as issue under the private seal of the courts, and not under the great seal of England, and are tested or witnessed, not in the king's name, but in the name of the chief judge of the court out of which they issue. The word "judicial" is used in contradistinction to "original;" original writs being such as issue out of chancery under the great seal, and are witnessed in the king's name.
See 3 Bl. Comm. 282. Pullman's Palace-Car Co. v. Washburn (C. C.) 66 Fed. 792.