distringas nuper vicecomitem

distringas nuper vicecomitem (di-string-gas n[y]oo-p[schwa]r vI-see-kom-i-t[ schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “you are to distrain the late sheriff”] Hist.

1. A writ ordering a sheriff’s successor to distrain the former sheriff’s property until the former sheriff brings in a defendant to answer the plaintiff’s charge, sells goods attached under a fieri facias, or performs some other obligation that the former sheriff should have completed while still in office.

2. A writ calling on an ex-sheriff to account for the proceeds taken in execution.

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双语律师李明，国际知名法学院法律专业，擅长翻译各类与政府监管相关的法律文件。