writ system
writ system. The common-law procedural system under which plaintiff commenced an action by obtaining the appropriate type of original writ.
WRIT SYSTEM
writ system
writ system 令状制度 普通法上的诉讼程序制度。该制度要求原告获得适当的诉讼开始令状〔original writ〕后进行诉讼。这种对令状分门别类的诉讼制度不仅形成了程序法，而且形成了实体法。令状制度是英格兰中世纪法的重要特征。 (→writ; forms of action)