Quash
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In practice
To overthrow or annul. Distinguished from "dismiss." The term "quash," as applied to writs, is predicated of some defect in the writ itself, or in the form of the writ, which defect does not reach the merits of the case; the usual practice being to grant a new writ on the original petition. Dismissal is applied to the removal or disposal of the cause itself, and not to the mere annulment of the writ.
24 Miss. 457.