optional writ
optional writ 选择令状 英国旧时诉讼中初始令状〔original writ〕的一种，也称praecipe。其内容是选择性的，即令状要求被告人去做所要求的事项，或者说明他没有做、而且不应被强迫去做该事项的原因。
optional writ
optional writ
At common law, an original writ issued when the plaintiff seeks specific damages, such as payment of a liquidated debt. • The writ commands the defendant either to do a specified thing or to show why the thing has not been done.