Writ Of Proclamation

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In English practice. A writ which issues at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of St. 31 Eliz. c. 3, § 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the statute prescribed. When it is not directed to the same sheriff as the writ of exigi facias is, it is called a "foreign writ of proclamation." Lee; 4 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 261.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A writ which issues at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of stat. 31 Eliz. c. 3, s, 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the statute prescribed. * When it is not directed to the same sheriff as the writ of exigi facias is, it is called a foreign writ of proclamation. 4 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law 261.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. By the statute 31 Eliz. c. 3, when an exigent is sued out, a writ of proclamation shall issue at the same time, commanding the sheriff of the county where the defendant dwells to make three proclamations thereof, in places the most notorious, and most likely to come to hls knowledge, a month before the outlawry shall take place, 3 Bl. Comm. 284.

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

John Bouvier · 1839

English practice, is a writ which issues at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of stat. 31 Eliz. c. 3, s. 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the statute prescribed. When it is not directed to the same sheriff as the writ of ezigt facias is, it is called a foreign writ of proclamation. Lee’s Dict. of Pr.; 4 Reev. Hist. 261.