A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and, if need were, to distrain them of their lands and goods, in order to insure or compel their attendance in court on the day of trial of a cause. It issued from the Common Pleas, and served the game purpose as a distringas juratores in the King's Bench. It was abolished by the C. L. P. Act, 1852, § 104. Brown.