Law. a writ authorizing the seizing and taking of a person or thing.

= pluries, n.

Law. = writ of attachment n. at sense 2a.

A third or subsequent writ of attachment, issued when previous writs have proved ineffectual. Also writ of pluries. Cf. alias, n. 1.

A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; also called writ of capias.

Law. An attachment (attachment, n. 1) made to secure the attendance of a defendant after a case has been interrupted and deferred sine die. Obsolete.

An undertaking to stand surety for a person's appearance in court at a specified time, esp. in order to procure the release of such a person from…

general warrant: a warrant for the apprehension of the persons suspected of an offence, no individual being named or particularly described in…

= capias ad respondendum at capias, n.

a writ issued on one side of the Scottish Border for the apprehension of a person on the other side.