See Also: LIBERATE, English practice(law)
EXTENT IN AID, English practice(law)
MITTIMUS, English practice(law)
NON OMITTAS, English practice(law)
PONE, English practice(law)
DISTRESS INFINITE, English practice(law)
HABEAS CORPORA, English practice(law)
DAY RULE, or DAY WRIT, English practice(law)
WRIT, ORIGINAL, practice, English law(law)
SEAL-OFFICE, English practice(law)

LIBERATE, English practice (law)


LIBERATE, English practice. A writ which issues on lands, tenements, and chattels, being returned under an extent on a statute staple, commanding the chattels, being returned under an extent on a statute staple, commanding the sheriff to deliver them to the plaintiff, by the extent and appraisement sheriff to deliver them to the plaintiff, by the extent and appraisement mentioned in the writ of extent, and in the sheriff' s return thereto. See mentioned in the writ of extent, and in the sheriff' s return thereto. See Com dig. Statute Staple, D 6. Com dig. Statute Staple, D 6.