Registers of returns of writs, 1815-1847.

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Registers of returns of writs, 1815-1847.

This fragmentary series consists of registers of returns of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; for writs of summons, by which corporations were summoned to appear; and for the various writs of execution issued subsequent to a final judgment (the writs of fieri facias, capias ad satisfaciendum, and habere facias possessionem).

0.8 cu. ft. (6 volumes)

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