patent writ

patent writ
An open court order in earlier times; a writ that was not folded and sealed up as a close writ would be.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


patent writ
An open court order in earlier times; a writ that was not folded and sealed up as a close writ would be.

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