De cautione admittenda

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ to compel a bishop to admit a prisoner to bail.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Writ to take cautipn or security. A writ which anciently lay against a bishop who held an excommunicated person in prison for his contempt, notwithstanding he had offered sufficient security (idoneam cautionem) to obey the commands of the church; comBi-Law Dict.(2d Ed.)—21 manding him to' take such security and release the prisoner. Beg. Orig. 66; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 63, C.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Writ to take caution or security. A writ which anciently lay against a bishop who held an excommunicated person in prison for his contempt, notwithstanding he had offered sufficient security (idoneam cautionem) to obey the commands of the church; commanding him to take such security and release the prisoner. Reg. Orig. 66; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 63, C.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Breve. Writ to take caution or security. A writ which anciently lay against a bishop who held an excommunicated person in prison for his contempt, notwithstanding he had offered sufficient security {idoneam cauiionem) to obey the commands of the church; commanding him to take such security and release the prisoner. Beg. Orig. 66. F. N. B. 63, 0.