BREVIA MAGISTRALIA. These were writs formed by the masters in chancery,
pursuant to the stat. West. 2, c. 24. They vary according to the diversity
of cases and complaints, of which, says the author of Fleta, some are
personal, some real, some mixed, according as actions are diverse or
various, because so many will be the forms of writs as there are kinds of
actions. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 13, Sec. 4; Co. Lit. 73 b, 54 b.