- A writ by which a cause which has been removed on
insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by
certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be
proceeded in there. - In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in
cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment,
commanding them to proceed to judgment. - A writ by which the commission of the justice of the
peace is revived, after having been suspended.
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