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Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 [1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte for the due Execucion of the Writ De Excommunicato capiendo. [2]
Citation 5 Eliz. 1. c. 23
Dates
Royal assent10 April 1563
Other legislation
Repealed by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Status: Repealed

The Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 ( 5 Eliz. 1. c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The whole Act was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

Writ

A writ de excommunicato capiendo (Latin for "taking one who is excommunicated") [3] was a writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ^ "De Excommunicato Capiendo" The Law Dictionary, Featuring Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.
  4. ^ "De Excommunicato Capiendo" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project