Register of writs
REGISTER OF WRITS. This is a book preserved in the English court of
chancery, in which were entered, from time to time, all forms of writs once
issued.
2. It was first printed and published in the reign of Henry VIII. This
book is still in authority, as containing, in general, an accurate
transcript of the forms of all writs as then framed, and as they ought still
to be framed in modern practice.
3. It seems, however, that a variation from the register is not
conclusive against the propriety of a form, if other sufficient authority
can be adduced to prove its correctness. Steph. Pl. 7, 8.