See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

WRIT OF See also:

• WRIT OF ATTAINT

ATTAINT  , an obsolete method of See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, for inquiring by a See also:

• JURY

jury of twenty-four whether a false See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict had been given in a trial before an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary jury of twelve . If it were found that an erroneous See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment had been given, the wrong was redressed and the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original jury incurred See also:

• INFAMY (Lat. infamia)

infamy, with imprisonment and See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture of their goods, which punishments were, however, commuted later for a pecuniary See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty . In criminal cases a See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ of See also:

• ATTAINT, WRIT OF

attaint was issued at suit of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and in See also:

• CIVIL

civil cases at the suit of either party . In criminal cases it appears to have become obsolete by the end of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Procedure by attaint in civil cases had also been gradually giving See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the practice of granting new trials, and after the decision in Bushell's See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in 167o (see JURY) it became obsolete, and was finally abolished by the Juries See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1825, except as regards jurors guilty of See also:

• EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

embracery (q.v.) .