When1: 1300
When2: 1400
Who: writ of prohibition
What: court
Where: England
Detail: Chancery courts no longer forced new trial. Appeals asking for second trial by 24 knights ended.
Church and crown courts competed for jurisdiction. Clergy tried to keep right {benefit of clergy} to use church courts to settle disputes. Lay courts issued decrees {writ of prohibition} to stop church courts from taking over jurisdiction. Crown courts began to hear cases submitted by written complaints {complaint, writ} {writ of complaint}, which stated complaint, plaintiff, and defendant. Writ use increased, and trial by combat and trial by ordeal decreased.
Assizes county courts heard cases not heard by crown courts.
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