A writ for the release of one in the queen’s service arrested on civil process. Writ of quare impedit. See Quare impedit.
Definition of Writ Of Protection
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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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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd EditionIn England, the king may, by hls writ of protection, privilege any person in his service from arrest in civil proceedings during a year and a day; but this prerogative ls seldom, if ever, exercised. Anchb. Pr. 687. See Ch Litt 130a.