writ of right en · NOUN
Meanings
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A writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner.
a claimant in fee-simple may have a mere writ of right; which is in its nature the highest writ in the law
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| writs of right | Number=Plur | lexicographic |