HCA 391515-1761High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Warrants, Monitions and Decrees Files
These files contain warrants (usually for the arrest of ships or their cargoes), monitions (summonses), decrees, compulsories (legal mandates enforcing summonses), and other documents. The documents are the original ones which were issued by the court and returned bearing endorsements of due execution, sometimes accompanied by supporting affidavits.