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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, a writ that issues in the third instance, after the first and the alias have been ineffectual.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

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  • noun law A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

Etymologies

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So called from Latin pluries many times, often, which occurs in the first clause.

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