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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.
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.
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.