Supplicavit

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ whereby one was ordered to furnish sureties to keep the peace.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. The name of a writ Issuing out of the king's bench or chancery for inking sureties of the peace. It is commonly directed to the justices of the peaco, when they are averse to acting in the affair in their judiciui capacity. 4 BL Comm. 253.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

He has besought. A writ in chancery in the nature of a process at common law to find sureties of the peace, upon articles filed for that purpose. Very rarely used, as the common-law. remedy is generally adequate; sometimes resorted to by a wife against her husband.*

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. A writ to make a man find sureties of the peace.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

He has besought. The name of an old English writ, which issued out of chancery for taking sureties of the peace, but now obsolete. A supp Ucavit is a writ, Issuing out of chancery, for taking surety of the peace, when one is in danger of being hurt in his body by another. It is directed to the justices of the peace and sheriffiof the county, and is grounded upon the Stat. 1 Edw. III. St. 2, ch. 16, which ordains that certain persons shall be assigned by the chancellor to take care of the peace, &c. {Fitz. Nat. Brev. 80.) Jacob. And see i Bl. Com. 233.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Engl. law. The sued. 8 Serg. & Rawle, 116; 15 name of a writ issuing out of: the Serg. & Rawle, 29, 30. Vide Sureking’s bench or chancery, for taking tyship. sureties of the peace, it is commonly SURETY OF THE PEACE, directed to the justices of the peace, crim. law, is a security entered into when they are averse to acting in before some competent court or offithe affair in their judicial capacity. cer, by a party accused, together 4 Bl. Com. 233; vide Vin. Ab. h. with some other person, in the form t.; Com. Dig. Chancery, 4 R; Ib. of recogmizance to the common- Forceable Entry, D. 16, 17. wealth in a certain sum of money,