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===Other writs=== * A [[Attachment (law)|''writ of attachment'']] permits the seizure of private property. * A [[Audita querela|''writ of audita querela'']] inhibits the unconscionable use of a lawful judgment because of matters arising after the judgment. * A [[Capias|''writ of capias'']] directs an officer to take the person named in the writ or order into custody.<ref>"Glossary of Terms", ''Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk'', s.v. "capias", retrieved on 30 Jun 2009: [http://www.co.shelby.tn.us/court_clerks/criminal_court/glossary.html].</ref> * A [[coram nobis|''writ of coram nobis'']] corrects a previous error "of the most fundamental character" to "achieve justice" where "no other remedy" is available, e.g., when a judgment was rendered without full knowledge of the facts. * A [[elegit|''writ of elegit'']] orders the seizure of a portion of a debtor's lands and all his goods (except work animals) towards satisfying a creditor until the debt is paid off. * A ''writ of error'' is issued by an [[appeal|appellate court]] and directs a lower court of record to submit its record of the case laid for appeal.<ref>"Writ and Petition History System in Texas" [https://books.google.com/books?id=qB7k56Ufw_sC&pg=PA90 page 90] ''In'' Quarles, Brandon D. and Cordon, Matthew C. (2003) ''Legal Research for the Texas Practitioner'' W.S. Hein, Buffalo, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-8377-3626-6}}</ref> * A ''writ of exigent'' (or ''exigend'') commands a sheriff to summon a defendant indicted for a felony who had failed to appear in court to deliver himself upon pain of outlawry or forfeiture of his goods. * A [[fieri facias|''writ of fieri facias'']] (colloquially "fi fa") commands a sheriff to take and auction off enough property from a losing party to pay the debt (plus interest and costs) owed by a judgment debtor. * A [[mittimus|''writ of mittimus'']] orders either (1) a court to send its record to another or (2) a jailor to receive the accused in their custody at any point during the investigative or trial process. * A [[Ne exeat|''writ of ne exeat'']] restrains a defendant from fleeing the country or jurisdiction. * A [[praemunire|''writ of praemunire'']] instructs a sheriff to order someone to appear in court to answer for several different crimes. * A [[Scire facias|''writ of scire facias'']] revives a dormant judgment. * A ''writ of supersedeas'' contains a command to stay the proceedings at law.<ref>"Glossary of Terms", ''Colorado State Courts'', retrieved on 19 June 2009: [http://www.courts.state.co.us/Glossary.cfm].</ref> * A [[Venire facias de novo|''writ of venire facias'']] summons jurors to appear in court.<ref>"Gloss...Terms", ''Shelby'' (op. cit.), s.v. "Venire facias".</ref>
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