JUSTICIES

justicies

justicies (j[schwa]-stish-ee-eez). Hist. A writ empowering the sheriff to allow certain debt cases in a county court. • The writ was so called because of the significant word in the writ’s opening clause, which stated in Latin, “We command you that you do justice to [a person named].”

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justicies

justicies (英格兰古法)特别授权审判令 扩大郡长所主持的法庭之司法管辖权的令状。它赋予了郡长比通常情况下更大的权力,如他可以受理任何标的额的强力侵权案件〔trespass vi et armis〕和所有标的额在40先令以上的对人诉讼案件〔personal actions〕以及许多不动产权益诉讼〔real action〕的案件,而这些案件本都应在威斯敏斯特的中央法庭审理,据说这是为了迅速了结讼事。但由于郡长无权拘押被告人身而只能扣押其财物,且这些案件被告可以申请移送上级法庭审理,因此这一令状后来已废弃不用。

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