Definition and Citations:
Writ of rescue or res- cous. A writ which lay where cattle distrained,
or persons arrested, were rescued from those taking them. Reg. Orig. 117, 118; Fitzh.
Nat. Brev. 101, C, G.
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Writ of rescue or res- cous. A writ which lay where cattle distrained,
or persons arrested, were rescued from those taking them. Reg. Orig. 117, 118; Fitzh.
Nat. Brev. 101, C, G.