A writ against one who acted in another’s name and deceived and injured him.
Definition of Writ Of Deceit
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Ballentine's Law Dictionary -
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd EditionThe name of a writ which lies where one man bas done anything in the name of another, by which the latter is damnified and deceived. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 95, E.