Law The return of a sheriff who has arrested a person upon a capias. …

Law A process issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, directing the sheriff to compel the attendance of reluctant jurymen. …

Law A writ requiring the appearance of a person in court. …

Law A writ instructing the sheriff to provide a jury at the court of Westminster unless the judges of assize previously come to the county of jurisdiction; also, an action tried under such a writ. …

Law The official report by a sheriff that he has in custody a defendant who has surrendered himself so as to discharge his bailsmen. …

Law An endorsement meaning 'it arrives too late, ' written by a sheriff on a writ to explain his failure to execute it. …

Law A writ directing a sheriff to summon a jury; also, a writ requiring a person indicted of a misdemeanor to appear in court. …