CONVENIENT
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
tempt in the spiritual courts is discontinued by 53 Geo. III. c.-127, § 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge shall have power, after a certain period, to pronounce spch person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the court of chancery, whereupon a writ de contumace capicndo shall issue from that court, which shall have the same force and effect as formerly belonged, in case of contempt, to a writ de excommunicato capiendo. (2 & 3 Wm. IV. c. 93; 8 & 4 Vict. c. 93.) Wharton.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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