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Writ Of Prjecipe

This writ is also called a “writ of covenant,” and is sued out by the party to whom lands are to be con-veyed by flne, the foundation of which is a supposed agreement or covenant that the one shall convey the land to the other. 2 Bl. Comm. 349

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)