BREVIA JUDICIALIA
\bɹˈɛviə d͡ʒuːdˈɪʃə͡lˌi͡ə], \bɹˈɛviə dʒuːdˈɪʃəlˌiə], \b_ɹ_ˈɛ_v_i__ə dʒ_uː_d_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl_ˌiə]\
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Subsidiary process issued pending a suit, or process issued in execution of the judgment. They varied, says the author of Fleta, according to the variety of the pleadings of the parties and of their responses. Lib. 2. c. 13, §3; Co. Lit. 73 b, 54 b. Many of them, however, long since became fixed in their forms, beyond the power of the courts to alter them, unless authorized to do so by the legislature. See 1 Rawle, Rep. 52; Act of Pennsylvania, June. 16, 1836, §§3, 4, 5.
By John Bouvier
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.