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mit·ti·mus /'mi-tə-məs/ n [Latin, we send]: a warrant issued to a sheriff commanding the delivery to prison of a person named in the warrant
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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authorization, command, command to incarcerate, court order of imprisonment, decree, decretal, direction to imprison, edict, legal order, mandate, official order, order, transcript of minutes of commitment, warrant of commitment, written precept of imprisonment
associated concepts: commitment
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citation (charge), commitment (confinement)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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A court order directing a sheriff or other police officer to escort a convict to a prison.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A court order directing a sheriff or other police officer to escort a convict to a prison.II The name of an order in writing, issuing from a court and directing the sheriff or other officer to convey a person to a prison, asylum, or reformatory, and directing the jailer or other appropriate official to receive and safely keep the person until his or her fate shall be determined by due course of law.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.