A writ issued out of chancery, or such court as may have jurisdiction of the case, directed to a proper oflicer, to inquire whether a person named therein is a lunatic or not. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 382, et seq.; In re Moore, 68 Cal. 281, 9 Pac. 164.
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