writ of inquiry

writ of inquiry. Hist. A writ ordering the sheriff to empanel a jury and act as judge in a trial held to determine the amount of damages suffered by a plaintiff who has won a default judgment on an unliquidated claim. [Cases: Damages 197. C.J.S. Damages § 324.]

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