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Then came the Lord Chancellor's writ of summons in the King-Emperor's name: "We strictly enjoin and command you to be faithful to the allegiance by which you are bound...
Marshal: I'm a U. S. deputy marshal and I have a writ here against this ship...
Marshal: Warship or no warship, I've got this writ and by golly I'm going to serve...
...opening scene discloses Guy Button seated amongst the roaring denizens of the "Mantic" barroom, San Francisco's gaudiest. Even through this smoky atmosphere, Button sees his destiny writ large, and he decides to jump ship, revealing a rather dubious moral resiliency as he double-sells his boots and oil-skins to two less ambitious purchasers. Of a sudden the swearing and noise of glasses are awed to silence by the flouncing entrance of Adah Menken, a beautiful Jewish actress. Impressed by this lady, Button snatches her shawl, leaps back, and shouts ". . . Now, I'm part...
Last week, however, 13 embattled coal and ice companies went before a Tennessee circuit judge, convinced him of their interest in the matter, got him to issue a writ forbidding the sale of the Knoxville properties until the whole deal could be reviewed from the legal and constitutional angle...