‖ supplicavit Law.
(sʌplɪˈkeɪvɪt)
[L., = he has supplicated, 3rd pers. sing. perf. ind. of supplicāre to supplicate.]
A writ formerly issuing out of the King's Bench or the Court of Chancery for taking surety of the peace against a person: so called from the first word in the writ.
| 1507 in Leadam Sel. Cases Star Chamber (Selden Soc.) 260 By virtue of the kynges writt of supplicauit to them directed. 1518 ― Sel. Cases Crt. Requests (Selden Soc.) 14 Robert..sued oute of the kynges chauncry a wrytte of supplicauit ayenst your seid besechour. 1623 Bacon Ordinances §87 No Supplicavit for the good behaviour shall be granted, but upon Articles grounded upon the Oath of two at the least. 1682 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 162 Articles were exhibited, in a speciall supplicavit formerly granted in the court of Kings bench..by the court of arches..against Edmund Hickeringill, minister, for severall indignities offered to that court. 1769 Blackstone Comm. iv. xviii. 250 If the justice is averse to act, it may be granted by a mandatory writ, called a supplicavit. |