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Writ of account
(gcide) | Writ \Writ\, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See Write.]
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1. That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied
especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and
New testaments; as, sacred writ. "Though in Holy Writ not
named." --Milton.
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Then to his hands that writ he did betake,
Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake.
--Spenser.
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Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ. --Knolles.
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2. (Law) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an
epistolary form, issued from the proper authority,
commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act
by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry,
of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of
return, of summons, and the like.
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Note: Writs are usually witnessed, or tested, in the name of
the chief justice or principal judge of the court out
of which they are issued; and those directed to a
sheriff, or other ministerial officer, require him to
return them on a day specified. In former English law
and practice, writs in civil cases were either original
or judicial; the former were issued out of the Court of
Chancery, under the great seal, for the summoning of a
defendant to appear, and were granted before the suit
began and in order to begin the same; the latter were
issued out of the court where the original was
returned, after the suit was begun and during the
pendency of it. Tomlins. Brande. Encyc. Brit. The term
writ is supposed by Mr. Reeves to have been derived
from the fact of these formulae having always been
expressed in writing, being, in this respect,
distinguished from the other proceedings in the ancient
action, which were conducted orally.
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Writ of account, Writ of capias, etc. See under
Account, Capias, etc.
Service of a writ. See under Service.
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A writ of account
(gcide) | Account \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF.
acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.]
1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a
record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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A beggarly account of empty boxes. --Shak.
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2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed
statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and
also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review;
as, to keep one's account at the bank.
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3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.,
explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has
been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often
used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive,
etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all
accounts.
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4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of
transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a
description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable
account of the city of London." --Howell.
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5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's
conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
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Give an account of thy stewardship. --Luke xvi. 2.
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6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand
high in your account." --Shak.
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7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of
account." --Pope. "To turn to account." --Shak.
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Account current, a running or continued account between two
or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such
an account.
In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be
kept.
On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.
On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf.
To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to
reckon. [Obs.]
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This other part . . . makes account to find no
slender arguments for this assertion out of those
very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
--Milton.
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To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as,
he makes small account of beauty.
To take account of, or to take into account, to take into
consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no
account." --Milton
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A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings
demanding that the defendant shall render his just
account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called
also an action of account. --Cowell.
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Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description;
explanation; rehearsal.
Usage: Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These
words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a
series of events. Account turns attention not so
much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more
properly applies to the report of some single event,
or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an
account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A
narrative is a continuous story of connected
incidents, such as one friend might tell to another;
as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a
narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually
the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to
describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers
of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes
a series of events drawn out into minute particulars,
usually expressing something which peculiarly
interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the
recital of one's wrongs, disappointments,
sufferings, etc.
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