Original

Principal; primary; first in order of time. Original bill: in equity pleading, a bill which relates to some matter not before litigated in the court by the same persons standing in the same interest. Original process: process for getting the defendant into court, — the summons, attachments, etc., for that purpose. Original writ: in modern practice, confined to real actions, and in American practice generally superseded.

In old English law

Original bill: the ancient mode of beginning actions in the King's Bench. Original con Tcyances: conveyances at common law, otherwise termed primary, by which a benefit or estate is created or first arises, comprising feofi'ments, gifts, grants, leases, etc. Original writ: a writ issuing out of chancery, so called because it gave origin to the action, was principally used in the court of Common Bench, and was in form a mandatory letter from the king, in parchment, sealed with the great seal, and directed to the sheriff of the county requiring him to command the wrong-doer to do justice or to appear in court and answer.