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What is the number of writs that can be issued by the Supreme Court of India?

The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court of India is 3.


What is the number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court or a High Court of India?

The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court of India is 3.


What did the writs of assistance allow british soldiers to do?

The writ of assistance was a general search warrant issued by superior provincial courts to assist the British government in enforcing trade and navigation laws.


Which article of Indian constitution empowers highcourt to issue writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights?

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What is writs of election?

A writ of election is a formal written document issued by a state Governor ordering an election to take place.


What right of British citizens did the writs of assistance violate?

A writ of assistance is often a court order to a police officer such as a sheriff to help enforce a decision of the court, for instance an eviction order. They were often issued, however, in very general terms so that they could be used to require any official to aid a customs officer to assist in anything related to customs, without naming any suspect or items sought. This did much to annoy the citizens of New England when the writs were used around 1760 to combat smuggling (a favorite and profitable pastime) and that customs officers could use them indefinitely to search anyone's private properties for contraband without having to state a cause; further, the writs could be (and were) handed around from official to official, thus effectively giving any customs official the authority to search any property he felt like just because he felt like it. It never was upheld in court that these writs indeed violated anyone's right to keep officers from your private property, but several people did try in court to argue that the writs did violate private property rights, in particular the right to not have one's property searched without cause. Yet rights do not depend on court decisions, so it is accurate to say that the writs of assistance violated the right against arbitrary search and seizure.


To search a colonist house a British officer had to present a what?

They had to have a Writs of assistance, which was issued to british soldiers and officials to search houses if they thought there were smuggled goods.


What term descibes a general search warrant issued to customs officials in America?

A general search warrant issued to customs officials in America is a write of assistance. They were first used by the English government in 1660 to combat smuggling.


Who was the Boston Lawyer who opposed the writs of assistance?

James Otis opposed the writs of assistance.


What are writs of assistance?

was a law


What is writs of summon?

Venire


How many types of writs are there?

Types of Writs:1. Habeas Corpus2. Mandamus3. Prohibition4. Certiorari5. quo warranto