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EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO

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In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a bishop's certificate that the defendant had been excommunicated, and requiring the sheriff to arrest and imprison him, returnable to the king's bench. 4 Bl. Comm. 415; Bac Abr. "Excommunication," E. … [Read more...]

EXCUSSIO

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In the civil law. A diligent prosecution of a remedy against a debtor; the exhausting of a remedy against a principal debtor, before resorting to his sureties. Translated "discussion," (q. v.) In old English law. Rescue or rescous. Spelman. … [Read more...]

EXECUTIONE FACIENDA IN WITHERNAMIUM

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A writ that lay for taking cattle of one who has conveyed the cattle of another out of the county, so that the sheriff cannot replevy them. Reg. Orig. 82. … [Read more...]

EXCOMMUNICATO DELIBERANDO

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A writ to the sheriff for delivery of an excommunicated person out of prison, upon certificate from the ordinary of his conformity to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 63. Excommunicato interdicitur omnii actus legitimus, ita quod agere non potest, neo aliquem eonvenire, licet ipse ab aliis possit conveniri. Co. Litt. 133. Every legal act is forbidden an … [Read more...]

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