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Writ for taking a contumacious person. A writ which issues out of the English court of chancery, in cases where a person has been pronounced by an ecclesiastical court to be contumacious, and in contempt. Shelf. Mar. & Div. 494-496, and notes. It is a commitment for contempt Id. … [Read more...] about DE CONTUMACE CAPIENDO

Latin meaning From day to day. … [Read more...] about DE DIE IN DIEM

Writ for repairing a causeway. An old writ by which the sheriff was commanded to distrain the inhabitants of a place to repair and maintain a causeway, etc. Reg. Orig. 154. … [Read more...] about DE CALCETO REPARANDO

Writ for delivering a clerk arrested on a statute merchant. A writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who had been taken and imprisoned upon the breach of a statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 147b. … [Read more...] about DE CLERICO CAPTO PER STATUTUM MERCATORIUM DELIBERANDO

Writ for delivering the copy of a libel. An ancient writ directed to the judge of a spiritual court, commanding him to deliver to a defendant a copy of the libel filed against him in such court Reg. Orig. 58. The writ in the register is directed to the Dean of the Arches, and his commissary. Id. … [Read more...] about DE COPIA LIBELLI DELIBERANDA