AVERIIS CAPTIS IN WITHERNAM, Eng. law. The name of a writ which lies in
favor of a man whose cattle have been unlawfully taken by another, and
driven out of the county where they were taken, so that they cannot be
replevied.
2. This writ issues against the wrong doer to take his cattle to the
plaintiff's use. Reg. of Writs, 82.