| 单词 | writ of error |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrit of error c. Law. A mistake in matter of law appearing on the proceedings of a court of record. writ of error: a writ brought to procure the reversal of a judgement, on the ground of error. By the Judicature Act of 1875 writs of error are limited to criminal cases; in civil cases appeal is substituted. plaintiff, defendant in error: the parties for or against whom the writ of error is used. court of error (U.S.), a court of appeal in cases of error. †clerk of the errors (see quot. 1706). ΚΠ 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 59 §2 The seid utlagaries..were reversed by meane of errour aftir the due order of your lawes. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 142 Errour is a fault in a judgement, or in the processe, or proceeding to judgment, or in the execution upon the same in a Court of Record. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 83 Lawyers..Do stave and tail with Writs of Error. 1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 505 The place of clerk of the errors, worth £400 per annum. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Clerk of the Errours, an Officer of the Common-Pleas, whose Business it is to Copy out and Certifie the Tenour of the Records of a Cause or Action, upon which the Writ of Errour is brought into any of those Courts. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Prol. i. 31 No writ of error lies—to Drury Lane! 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1121 If the defendant avow for so much rent arrear, part whereof is not due at the time of the distress, and enters judgment for the whole, it will be error. 1821 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 239 The counsel for the defendant in error. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xii. 285 During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, writs of error from inferior courts to the house of lords became far less usual. < as lemmas |
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