VILLANIS REGIS SUBTRACTIS REDUCENDIS

villanis regis subtractis reducendis (vi-lay-nis ree-jis s[schwa]b-trak-tis ree-d[y]oo-sen-dis), n. [Latin “for returning the king’s villeins who have been removed”] Hist. A writ that lay for the bringing back of the king’s bondmen who had been carried away by others out of his manors, where they belonged.