cassetur breve

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cassetur breve - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CASSETUR BREVE, practice. That the writ be quashed. This is the name of a 
  judgment sometime sentered against a plaintiff when he cannot prosecute his 
  writ with effect, in consequence of some allegation on the defendant's part. 
  The plaintiff, in order to put an end to any further proceeding in the 
  action,enters on the roll cassetur breve, the effect of which is to quash 
  his own writ,which exonerates him from the liability to any future costs, 
  and allows him to sue out new process. A cassetur bill a may be entered with 
  like  effect. 3 Bl. Com. 340; and vide 5 T. R. 634; Gould's Plead. c. 5, 
  Sec. 139; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2913-14. Vide To quash.