WRIT OF ASSISTANCE
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The name of a writ which issues from the court of chancery,in aid of the execution of a judgment at law. to put the complainant into possession oflands adjudged to him, when the sheriff cannot execute tlie judgment. See Emerick v.Miller (Ind. App.) 02 N. E. 285; Ilagerman v. Ileltzel. 21 Wash. 444, 58 Pac. 580;O'Connor v. Schaeffel (City Ct. N. Y.) 11 N. Y. Supp. 737; Knight v. Iloughtalling, 94 N.C. 410.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.