What is a writ directed at an individual requiring him or her to attend and give evidence?
Writ Writ In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon "gewrit", Latin "breve") is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs, and subpoenas are common types of writ, but many forms exist and have existed. In its earliest form a writ was simply a written order made by the English monarch to a specified person to undertake a specified action; for example, in the feudal era a military summons by the king to one of his tenants-in-chief to appear dressed for battle with retinue at
Give a dog a bad name and hang him soon be hanged. Spoken of those who raise an ill Name on a Man on purpose to prevent his Advancement." In Virginia, it appeared as an old saying in the "Norfolk Herald" in 1803 – "give a dog a bad name and hang him". The observation is due to negativity bias – that people are apt to think poorly of others on weak evidence. This is then reinforced by confirmation bias as people give more weight to evidence that supports a preconception than evidence which contradicts it. Give a dog a bad name and hang him Give a dog a