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elUplic -lanceolate, or ovate, pointed, fmooth. Branches 

 and corymbs divaricated. Tube of the corolla twice the 

 length of the calyx. Follicles diftina."— Found by Koenig 

 and Roxburgh in the Fall Indies. We received from Dr. 

 Roxburgh in 1789, by the name of Ner'tum antldyfentericum, 

 fpecimens which anfwer to the above charafters, except that 

 the tube is not at all longer than the calyx ; the limb more- 

 over appears purplifh, and is clothed on both fides with fine 

 pubefcence. This plant mull be known to Mr. Brown, and 

 perhaps is one of the undefcribed fpecies of which he makes 

 mention. 



4. W. pubefceiu. Downy Wrightia. Br. n. 4. Prodr. 

 n. 1. — " Leaves elliptic-oblong, pointed, downy as well as 

 the calyx. Corymbs ereft. Tube of the corolla fcarcely 

 longer than the calyx. FoIHcles combined." — Gathered 

 by Mr. Brown in the tropical part of New Holland, and in 

 the ifle of Timor, near Coepang. 



This author fpeaks of fome other fpecies, of which he 

 has not yet publifhed either charafters or names, and which 

 are not known to us. Nehm-Pala, Rheede Hcrt. Mai. 

 V. 9. 5. t. 3 and 4, is prefumed to belong to the prefent 

 genus. 



WRIGHTSBOROUGH, in Geography, a fettlement 

 in the ftate of Georgia, on a branch of the Savannah ; 30 

 miles W. of Augufta. 



WRING-HousE, in Rural Economy, a name fometimes 

 applied to the place for making cyder in, in the fouthern 

 diftrias. 



WRINGLE-Tail, a name given by the people of 

 feveral parts of England to the curvicauda, a fpecies of 

 bee-fly, very much refembhng the bee in fliape, but having 

 only two wings and no fting. It is very troublefome to 

 horfes, but does not fuck their blood, but only lays its 

 eggs in their Ikins : it is called in other countries the nuhame 

 and the barrel-fly. 



WRINGTON, in Geography, a market-town in the 

 hundred of Brent-with-Wrington, in the county of Somer- 

 fet, England, is fituated to the S.W. of the Mendip hills, 

 at the diftance of 6 miles N.N.E. from Axbridge, and 129 

 miles W. from London. The ftreets are irregularly built, 

 and moll of the houfes are thatched. A weekly market, 

 by a very ancient grant, is held on Tuefday ; and here is an 

 annual fair. In the market-place are the ruins of a crofs. 

 The church, a fpacious edifice, 120 feet in length and 52 

 in width, confifts of a nave, chancel, fide aifles, and a porch. 

 The tower, at the well end, is 140 feet high to the top of 

 the battlements, which are adorned with four turrets, one 

 at each corner, and lixteen elegant pinnacles fifteen feet in 

 height. The church contains feveral ancient and modern 

 monuments. One is of peculiar beauty : it is built of white 

 and Sienna marble, and was ereaed in memory of Dr. 

 Henry Waterland, prebendary of Brillol, and above fifty 

 years miniller of this parilh, where he conllantly refided : 

 he died March 27, 1779. In the town is a free-fchool for 

 fix boys and as many girls. In the return of the year 181 1, 

 the population of the parilh is enumerated as 1109, the 

 number of houfes as 183. Wrington is diftinguilhed by 

 being the birth-place of the celebrated philofopher, John 

 Locke: he was born 1632, in an old thatched houfe, ftill 

 Handing on the north fide of the church-yard : he died Oc- 

 tober 28, 1704. See Locke, John. — Collinfon's Hiflory 

 ., of Somerfetfhire, vol. i. 1791. 



^ WRIST, Carpus, in Anatomy. See Extremities. 

 Wrist, Fra8ure, Ligaments, and Luxation of. See the 

 lefpeaive articles. 



Wrist, in the Manege. The bridle wrift is that of the 

 cavalier's left-hand. A horfenian's wrift and his elbow 



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fhould be equally raifed, and the wrift ftiould be two or three 

 fingers above the pummel of the faddle. To ride a horfe 

 from hand to hand, /. e. to change hands upon one tread, 

 you need only to turn your wrill to that fide you would 

 have the horfe to turn to, without advancing your hand. 

 But if your horfe Hops, you muft make ufe of both your 

 legs. See Hand and Legs. 



WRIT, formed from the Saxon writan, to write. Breve, 

 in Laiu, a precept of the king in writing, under feal, ifluing 

 out of fome court to the fheriff or other perfon, whereby 

 any thing is commanded to be done, touching a fuit or 

 aftion, or giving commiffion to have it done : as, the fum- 

 moning of a defendant, taking a diftrefs, redrefiing a diffeifin, 

 or the like. Or, according to Fitzherbert, a writ is a formal 

 letter of the king in parchment, fealed with a feal, and 

 direaed to fome judge, officer, or miniller, &c. at the fuit 

 or plaint of a fubjea, requiring to have a thing done, for the 

 caufe briefly exprelfed, which is to be difcuffed in the proper 

 court according to law. See Breve, Brief, and Pre- 

 cipe. 



Writs are varioufly divided, and in various refpeas. Some, 

 with regard to their order, or manner of granting, are termed 

 original, and others judicial. 



Writs, Original, are thofe fent out of the high court of 

 chancer)^ to fummon the defendant in a perfonal or tenant 

 in a real aaion ; either before the fuit begins, or to begin the 

 fuit by it. See Original. 



Royal writs are held to be dcmandable of common right, 

 on paying the ufual fees ; for any delay in the granting of 

 them, or fetting an unufual or exorbitant price upon them, 

 would be a breach of Magna Charta, cap. 29. " NuUi 

 vendemus, nulli negabimus, aut differemus juftitiam vel 

 reaum." 



Original writs are either optional or peremptory, or, in 

 the language of our law, they are either a precipe, or 4iji 

 te fecerit fecurum. 



Writs, Judicial, are thofe fent by order of the court 

 where the caufe depends, upon emergent occafions, after the 

 fuit begins. 



Judicial writs are diftinguilhed from original, in that their 

 tefte bears the name of the chief-juftice of that court whence 

 they come ; whereas the original fay, tejle meipfo, in the name 

 or relating to the king. 



The original writ is always made returnable at the diftance 

 of at leaft fifteen days from the date or teJle, and upon fome 

 . day in one of the four terms : and all judicial writs, being 

 grounded on the IherilPs return, mull refpeaively bear date 

 the fame day on which the writ immediately preceding was 

 returnable. See Process. 



Judicial writs, if erroneous, may be amended : whereas 

 original writs are not amendable, if the error be by default 

 of the party who gave inllruaion ; yet a new original may 

 be taken out, where it is not amendable. 



Writs are alfo diftinguiflied, according to the nature of the 

 aaion, into real snd perfonal. 



Real, are either touching the poffeffion, called -writs of 

 entry ; or the property, called writs of right. See Recto. 



Perfonal writs, are thofe relating to goods, chattels, or 

 perfonal injuries. 



To which may be added mixl writs, for the recovery both 

 of the thing and damages. 



Some writs, again, are at the fuit of the party ; fome, 

 of ofiice ; fome, ordinary ; fome, of privilege. A writ of 

 privilege is that which a privileged perfon brings to the 

 court for his exemption, by reafon of fome privilege which 

 he enjoys. 



But the moft common writs in daily ufe are, in debt, de- 



tinue. 



