Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    A writ to take in withernam one who had taken a bondman out of the country.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    (Lat. For inking a man in withernam.) A writ to take a man who had carried away a bondman or bondwoman into another country beyond the rcach of a writ of replevin.