mittimus

mittimus
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. . 1996.

mittimus
I noun 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 II index citation (charge), commitment (confinement)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


mittimus
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.


mittimus
I
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.

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  • Mittimus — Mit ti*mus, n. [L., we send, fr. mittere to send.] (Law) (a) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill. (b) A writ for removing records from one court …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mittĭmus — (lat., »wir senden«), in England soviel wie Verhaftsbefehl; auch Befehl zur Versendung der Akten an einen andern Gerichtshof …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mittimus — Mittĭmus (lat., »wir senden«), im engl. Recht s.v.w. Verhaftsbefehl …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • mittimus — [mit′i məs] n. [L, we send < mittere: see MISSION] Law a warrant or writ for putting into prison a person convicted of crime …   English World dictionary

  • mittimus — noun /ˈmɪtɪməs/ A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody. But she pertinaciously refused to make any response. So that he was about to make her mittimus to Bridewell when I departed …   Wiktionary

  • mittimus — /mitamas/ The name of a precept in writing, issuing from a court or magistrate, directed to the sheriff or other officer, commanding him to convey to the prison the person named therein, and to the jailer, commanding him to receive and safely… …   Black's law dictionary

  • mittimus — /mitamas/ The name of a precept in writing, issuing from a court or magistrate, directed to the sheriff or other officer, commanding him to convey to the prison the person named therein, and to the jailer, commanding him to receive and safely… …   Black's law dictionary

  • mittimus — noun Etymology: Latin, we send, from mittere to send Date: 1591 a warrant of commitment to prison …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mittimus — /mit euh meuhs/, n., pl. mittimuses. Law. 1. a warrant of commitment to prison. 2. a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another. [1400 50; late ME < L: we send, first word of such a writ; see REMIT] * * * …   Universalium

  • mittimus — mit·ti·mus || mɪtɪmÉ™s n. warrant of commitment to prison; order for the release of a document from one court to another (Law) …   English contemporary dictionary

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