Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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writ of waste.

1lisl. A writ to recover damages against a tenant who committed waste. See WASTE (1). "After waste had been actually committed, the ancient corrective remedy, in a court of common law, was by a writ of waste for the recovery of the place wasted, and treble damages as a compensation for the injury done to the inheritance." 78 Am. Jur. 2d Waste § 29, at 417 (1975).