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recordari facias loquelam
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A quick definition of recordari facias loquelam:
Recordari facias loquelam: A legal term used in England to describe a writ that allowed a lawsuit or complaint to be moved from a lower court to a higher court, such as one of the courts in Westminster Hall. It was often used in cases of replevin. The abbreviation for this term is re. fa. lo.
A more thorough explanation:
recordari facias loquelam
Recordari facias loquelam is a legal term that means "you cause the plaint to be recorded." It was a writ used in England to move a lawsuit or complaint from a lower court to a higher court, especially one of the courts in Westminster Hall.
- John's case was not going well in the county court, so his lawyer filed a recordari facias loquelam to move the case to a superior court.
- When Mary's landlord refused to return her security deposit, she filed a complaint in replevin in the county court. However, the landlord's lawyer filed a recordari facias loquelam to move the case to a higher court.
These examples show how recordari facias loquelam was used to move a case from a lower court to a higher court. This writ was especially useful when a party felt that they were not getting a fair hearing in the lower court and wanted to have their case heard by a more experienced judge in a superior court.