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Prerogative Writ

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ issued in cases of public right and those affecting the sovereignty of the state, its franchises and prerogatives, or the liberties of its people. See 1 N. D. 88, 26 Am. St. Rep. 609, 8 L. R. A. 282, 45 N. W. 33.