Talk:Writ of assistance

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I'm relatively satisfied with the article's coverage of the American Revolution. But, the section on Canadian controversy certainly needs expanding. Hopefully someone who knows more about the issue that I do can fill this in. Thanks,, Lou I 11:54, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Why exactly is the Patriot Act Constitionally prohibited, is this conjecture or opinion on the author's part? user;Tomtom1318EST, 15 July 2004

It is my understanding that persons and goods are searched and seized at the Canadian border (without a judge-issued warrant) under the provisions of Canada's Customs Act. Writs of Assitance were used to search non-residences. I also understand that ALL Writs of Assitance were withdrawn and cancelled prior to the proclamation of Canada's Charter of Rights in 1982, and that these are no longer in use or issued.

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Similarity of National Security Letters
This should be discussed in article. --Daniel C. Boyer (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC) Mow — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.117.227.191 (talk) 18:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

General Warrants, British History
It would be nice to see more information on general warrants as they relate to the Wilkes case and other aspects of 18th-Century British history. The American side of it seems kind of peripheral, by comparison. Fearwig 16:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * That's another topic that indeed should be covered somewhere, though not here. "General warrant" currently redirects here, but it probably should not. The Wilkes case was about a general arrest warrant; the writ of assistance (the topic of this article) was effectively a general search warrant. They are similar—so much so that American Whigs saw a connection between Wilkes's situation and their own—but not identical. —Kevin Myers 02:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, yes! General Warrants were made illegal in 1763, thanks to Wilkes, and this was a huge step towards individual liberty, greatly assisting the move to free the American colonies.   Please, please, some clever chap, make a new article on General Warrants.86.0.65.20 (talk) 07:36, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Cleanup.
Needs organizing and clean up. In the very first sentence "unlegal" is NOT a word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.60.149.14 (talk) 22:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Changed "unlegal" to "legal" and removed oddness about .coms. --Zenten 11:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Category:Writs vs. Category:Warrants
Category:Warrants is itself a category within Category:Writs. — Robert Greer (talk) 15:29, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The Malcom Affair
Currently, the article refers to "the official British view of imperial law." However, my understanding is that the British Empire did not formally exist until the mid-19th century. Is this usage correct, or should it be changed?JDZeff (talk) 06:54, 16 October 2013 (UTC)