Though the development of the common law courts in various forms had also been constant, but the origin of writ court had a specific reason. The jurisdiction of common law was more or less static. It did not recognize rights except those already prevalent and admitted by it.

uSimilarly, common law courts worked under a prescribed procedure with many limitations on it. Its forms, under which rights were to be enforced, were fixed and limited. Thus, there had been number of cases, which did not fall under any of the fixed remedies and so these cases remained beyond the jurisdiction of the common law courts. In such cases, these courts were powerless to grant relief.