What is ALIAS WRIT? Definition of ALIAS WRIT in Black's Law Dictionary
A second writ. Ditmar v. Beckham, Tex.Civ.App., 77 S.W.2d 893, 894.
At common law "alias" as applied to an execution or fieri facias referred to new writ issued after original fieri facias was returned unproductive, but under the Code the term applies to an execution issued in lieu of a lost original. U-Driv-It System of Macon v. Lyles, 71 Ga.App. 70, 30 S.E.2d 111, 114. A writ issued where one of the same kind has already been issued in the same cause without having been effective. Schmidt v. Schmidt, 108 Mont. 246, 89 P.2d 1020, 1021. It is used of all species of writs.
Historically, the word "alias" refers to a former command of the same sort, and it was part of a Latin sentence meaning, "We command you as we have before (sicut alias) commanded you." Schmidt v. Schmidt, 108 Mont. 246, 89 P.2d 1020, 1021.
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