Form of writ.

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(a) A writ of possession may be according to the following form:

“________________________________ County, ss. The State of Delaware, To the Sheriff of said County, greeting:

* * * *
* * We command you, that without delay you cause ________________________________________________________________ to have peaceable possession of (here insert description of the premises) which were lately sold by virtue of a writ of execution issued
* L. S. *
* *
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out of our (here insert the style of the court) in the said County, returnable to ______________________ term, 20________, at the suit of ____________________ plaintiff vs. __________ defendant; and have this writ, with your doings thereon certified, at our said Court to be held at __________________., on ____________ day of ______________ next.

Witness ____________________ at ____________________ the ____________________ day of ____________________ in the year of our Lord two thousand and ____________________

________________________________________ Prothonotary.”

(b) If there is legal exception to the sheriff, the writ may be directed to the coroner.

(c) If the sale is by order of the Court of Chancery, omit from the word “execution” to the word “defendant,” both inclusive, and instead thereof insert, “an order of our Court of Chancery, at ______________ in a certain cause between __________ plaintiff and __________ defendant.” The writ may be adapted to the case by any necessary variation in the form.


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