BREVIA FORMATA
\bɹˈɛviə fɔːmˈɑːtə], \bɹˈɛviə fɔːmˈɑːtə], \b_ɹ_ˈɛ_v_i__ə f_ɔː_m_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
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Certain writs of approved and established form which were granted of course in actions to which they were applicable, and which could not be changed but by consent of the great council of the realm. Bract, fol. 4136.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Eng law. The collection of writs found in the Registrum Brevium was so called. The author of Fleta says, these writs were formed upon their cases. They were different from the writs de cursu, which were approved by the council of the whole realm, and could not be changed without the will of the same. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 13, §2. See 17 S. & R. 194-5, and authorities there cited.
By John Bouvier
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