Writ Of Excommunicatio Capiendo

English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Writ of Excommunicatio Capiendo in the Past

A writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a hishop’s certificate that the defendant had been excommunicated, which writ is returnable in the king’s bench. F. N. B. 62, 64, 65 Bac. Ab. Excommunication, E. See Statutes 3 Ed. I. c. 15; 9 Ed. II. c. 12; 2 & 3 Ed. VI. c. 13; 5 & 6 Ed. VI c. 4; 5 Eliz. c. 23; 1 H. V. c. 5; also Cro. Eliz. 224, 6,80; Cro. Car. 421; Cro. Jac. 567; 1 Vent. 146; 1 Salk. 293, 294, 295. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about writ of excommunicatio capiendo is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including writ of excommunicatio capiendo.

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