BREVE Perquirere, the purchasing of a writ or license for trial in the king's courts; whence comes the present use of paying 6s. 8d. fine to the king in suit, for money due on bond, where the debt is 40l. and of 10s. where it is 100l. &c.
BREVE de Reelo, is a writ of right or license for a person ejected, to sue for the possession of the estate detained from him.