Writ of entry

Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F.
   entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See {Enter}, and cf.
   {Entr['e]e}.]
   1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
      ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
      entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
      river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
      entry upon an undertaking.
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   2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
      writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
      of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
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            A notary made an entry of this act.   --Bacon.
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   3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
      house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
      adit, as of a mine.
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            A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
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   4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
      the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
      giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
      customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
      See {Enter}, v. t., 8, and {Entrance}, n., 5.
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   5. (Law)
      (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
          entering or setting foot on them.
      (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
      (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
          constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
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   {Bill of entry}. See under {Bill}.

   {Double entry}, {Single entry}. See {Bookkeeping}.

   {Entry clerk} (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
      of transactions in a business.

   {Writ of entry} (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
      obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
      entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.
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WRIT OF ENTRY, practice. A writ requiring the sheriff to command the tenant 
of land that he render to the demandant the premises in question, or to 
appear in court on such a day to show cause why he hath not done so. Co. 
Litt. 238. See 2 Pick. 473; 10 Pick. 359; 14 Mass. 20; 15 Mass. 305; 5 N. 
Hamp. R. 450; 6 N. Hamp. R. 555; 7 Pick. 36.