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Writ System

A Writ System is a formal legal mechanism in the history of common and procedural law that consists of a written court order issued by a higher judicial authority to initiate or regulate legal proceedings, distinguished by its role in structuring early common law remedies and procedural development through standardized forms of action originating in English royal courts.

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2017–2026

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Publications

11

Royal Writs in England from the Conquest to Glanvill: Studies in the Early History of the Common Law

Carolyn Niehaus, R. C. van Caenegem · American Journal of Legal History · 1960 · 119 citations

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The use of writs in the eleventh century

Richard Sharpe · Anglo-Saxon England · 2003 · 80 citations

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The Birth of the English Common Law

H. Patrick Glenn, R. C. van Caenegem · University of Toronto Law Journal · 1974 · 56 citations

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The Franchise of Return of Writs

M. T. Clanchy · Transactions of the Royal Historical Society · 1967 · 48 citations

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The History of the Register of Original Writs

Frederic William Maitland · Harvard Law Review · 1889 · 41 citations

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Authors

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  1. RC
    R. C. van Caenegem

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 216 citations

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  2. DW
    Donald W. Sutherland

    University of Oregon, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. MH
    Mark Hagger

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. EG
    Elisabeth G. Kimball

    California State University System, United States

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. HP
    H. Patrick Glenn

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 56 citations

    1

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Institutions

5

  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  2. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  3. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    119 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 58 citations

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  2. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

    1 publications · 48 citations

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  3. Ethnopolitics

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. Harvard Law Review

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. University of Toronto Law Journal

    UTLJ · 1 publications · 56 citations

    1

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