WRIT OF PROTECTION
\ɹˈɪt ɒv pɹətˈɛkʃən], \ɹˈɪt ɒv pɹətˈɛkʃən], \ɹ_ˈɪ_t ɒ_v p_ɹ_ə_t_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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In England, the king may, by his writ of protection, privilegeany person in his service from arrest in civil proceedings during a year and a day; butthis prerogative is seldom, if ever, exercised. Archb. Pr. 687. See Co. Litt. 130a.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).