Legal Definitions - recordari facias loquelam

recordari facias loquelam

Recordari facias loquelam is a legal term that means "you cause the plaint to be recorded." It was a writ used in England to move a lawsuit or complaint from a lower court to a higher court, especially one of the courts in Westminster Hall.

• John's case was not going well in the county court, so his lawyer filed a recordari facias loquelam to move the case to a superior court.
• When Mary's landlord refused to return her security deposit, she filed a complaint in replevin in the county court. However, the landlord's lawyer filed a recordari facias loquelam to move the case to a higher court.

These examples show how recordari facias loquelam was used to move a case from a lower court to a higher court. This writ was especially useful when a party felt that they were not getting a fair hearing in the lower court and wanted to have their case heard by a more experienced judge in a superior court.