writ for taking cattle in wlth-ernam. A writ which lay where the sheriff returned to a plurics writ of replevin that the cattle or goods, etc., were eloined. etc.; by which he was commanded to take the cattle of the defendant in withernam, (or re-prlsal,) aud detain them until he could re-plevy the other cattle. Reg. orig. 82; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 73, E. F. See witueknam
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
