Alternative Writ
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A writ commanding the person against whom it is issued to do a specified thing, or show cause to the court why he should not be compelled to do it. ALTERNIS VICIBUS (Law Lat.) By alternate turns; at alternate times; alternately.
Co. Litt. 4a; Shep. Touch. 206.