Commitment
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In practice
The sending or committing a person to prison or gaol, by warrant or order, either for a crime, contempt, or contumacy.* 4 BL Com, 296, 300.
3 Steph. Com. 364, 367.
The delivery of a defendant to the custody of a sheriff or marshal, on his surrender by his bail.
1 Tidd's Pr. 286, 289.
See Committitur. A part of the process of charging a defendant in execution.
Id, 364, 365.
The warrant or order by which a party is committed.* Sometimes termed a mittimus. See U. S. Digest, and Supplement, Commitment.