SUPPLICAVIT

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SUPPLICAVIT, Eng. law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king's bench or 
  chancery, for taking sureties of the peace; it is commonly directed to the 
  justices of the peace, when they are averse to acting in the affair in their 
  judicial capacity. 4 Bl. Com. 233; vide Vin. Ab. h, t.; Com. Dig. Chancery, 
  4 R.; Id. Forcible Entry, D 16, 17.