Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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super statuto

n. [Law Latin] Hist. A writ against tenants-inchief who transferred their land without the king's permission in violation of the Statute of Westminster II, chs. 12 & 13.

super statuto de articulis cleri

n. [Law Latin] Hist. A writ against a sheriff who unlawfully distrains goods.

super statuto facto pour seneschal et marshal de roy

n. [Law Latin] Hist. A writ to restrain the court of the Marshalsea from interfering in matters outside the court's jurisdiction.

super statuto versus servantes et laboratores

n. [Law Latin] Hist. 1. A writ against someone who employs laborers who unlawfully left former employments. 2. A writ against a person who refused to work at the required wage.