☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Writ of Right

The most solemn common law writ for the recovery of freehold land, directed to the lord of the fee and commanding him to do right to the demandant. Distinguished from possessory writs by addressing the ultimate right of property.

Etymology: Old English 'writ' (writing) + 'riht' (just claim) · Category: English Legal History · Source: Glanvill, 'Tractatus de Legibus' (c. 1187)
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