Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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vicontiel writ
Hist. A writ triable in the county court. ( In the 13th-14th centuries, civil litigation could originate in the county court either by oral plaint or by a writ from the Chancery ordering the sheriff to do justice in a case. The writ that began such a proceeding was called vicontiel because it was addressed to the sheriff. See VICONTIEL (2).