Writ of debt

WRIT OF DEBT, practice. A writ which lies where the party claims the re-covery of a debt, i. e. a liquidated or certain sum of money alleged to be due to him. This is debt in the debet, which is the principal and only common form.

Writ of Debt /Detinue /Dower
Writ of Error *
Writ of Execution
Writ of Inquiry
Writ of Praecipe /Prevention /Replevin /Rstn
Writ of Process /Proclamation
Writ of Prohibition
Writ of Trespass /on the Case
Writ, Original
Writing, Obligatory ...

See also: Writ of execution, Writ of error, Wrong, Wrongful discharge, Writ of certiorari