Legal Definitions - justicies

Definition: Justicies is a historical writ that gave the sheriff the power to allow certain debt cases in a county court. The writ was named after the opening clause, which commanded the sheriff to do justice to a specific person.

• John filed a justicies writ to the sheriff, asking for permission to bring his debt case to the county court.
• The justicies writ was used in medieval England to ensure that justice was served in debt cases.

These examples illustrate how the justicies writ was used in historical times to empower the sheriff to allow certain debt cases to be heard in a county court. The writ was named after the opening clause, which commanded the sheriff to do justice to a specific person. This ensured that justice was served in debt cases and that people were not unfairly burdened with debts they could not pay.