EXCOMMUNICATO RECAPIENDO
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
A writ commanding that persons excommunicated, who for their obstinacy had been committed to prison, but were unlawfully set free before they had given caution to obey the authority of the church, should be sought after, retaken, and imprisoned again. Reg..
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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