Committitur
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff.
— Committitur piece. An instrument in writing on paper or parchment, which ebarges a person, already in prison, in execution at the suit of the person who arrested him. 2 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 1208.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. He is committed; an order or minute, setting forth that the pei'son therein named is committed to the custody of the sheriff. Committitur piece: an instrument in the form of a bailpiece, by which a defendant in custody is charged in execution, at the suit of the same or another plaintiff.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. (He is committed.) A minute surrender by bail, and commitment.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. (He is committed — ^from committere, to commit.)
In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff. Most commonly used on the surrender of a defendant by his bail, in which cases it is a minute of the render and commitment. 1 Tidd's Pr. 285.