"letters of horning" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law",
          "text": "In untechnical language, we may describe letters of horning as the authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.",
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