De Contumaceh Capiendo

Writ for taking a contumacious person. <A writ which issues out of the English cour’ of chancery, in cases where a person has been pronounced by an ecclesiastical court to be contumacious,andincontempt. Shelf. Mar. & Div. 494-496, and notes. It is a commitment for contempt. Id. DE COPIA LIBELLI DELIBERAN-: DA. Writ for delivering the copy of a libel. An ancient writ directed to the judge of a spiritual court, commanding him to deliver to a defendant a copy of the libel fled against him in such court. Reg. Orig. 58. The writ in the register is directed to the Dean of the Arches, and his commissary. Id.