BY BILL, BY BILL WITHOUT WRIT
\ba͡ɪ bˈɪl], \baɪ bˈɪl], \b_aɪ b_ˈɪ_l]\
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In practice. Terms anciently used to designate actions commenced by original hill, as distinguished from those commenced by original writ, and applied in modern practice to suits commenced by capias ad respondendum. 1 Arch. Pr. pp. 2, 337; Harkness v. Harkness, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 213.
By Henry Campbell Black
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