Best answers for Legal writ – Crossword Clue

1. Definition: 1. request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

View more information about appeal

1. Definition: 1. A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.

View more information about elegit

1. Definition: 1. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

View more information about summons

1. Definition: 1. serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

View more information about subpoena