- writ of supplicavit
- A mandatory writ which issued out of the court of king's bench or chancery to compel a justice, in case of his refusal, to take a recognizance to keep the peace. See 4 Bl Conirn 253. A writ for the enforcement of the right of consortium. 26 Am J1st H & W § 17. A process of the chancery court which protected the wife against the husband's violence, and in cases where it was found unsafe for tier to abide with him, as incident to such proceedings, compelled the husband to provide maintenance for her while she was separate and apart from him, by reason of his violent conduct toward her. Edgerton v Edgerton, 12 Mont 122, 29 P 966.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.