Prerogative Writ
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A writ issued upon some extraordinary occasion, and for which it is necessary to apply by motion to the court.
3 Bl. Comm. 132.
The writs of procedendo, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, habeas corpus, and certiorari belong to this class.
3 Steph. Comm. 681.
Prerogative writs have also been distinguished from writs ministerially directed, viz., those issued to the sheriff; the prerogative writs being generally directed to no sheriff or officer of the court, but to the public or private parties, whose acts are the subject of complaint.
2 Burrows, 855.
PRESBYTER (Lat.) In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder; a presbyter; a priest.
Code, 1. 3. 6. 20; Nov. 6.