A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and, if need were, to distrain them of their lands and goods, in order to Insure or compel thelr attendance in court on tbe day of trial of a cause. It is-sued from the Common Pleas, and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the Klng’s Bench. It was abolished by tbe C. L. P. Act, 1852, | 104. Brown.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
