mittimus

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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.

{n} a warrant of commitment to jail
A writ for removing records from one court to another
{i} warrant of commitment to prison; order for the release of a document from one court to another (Law)
A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison
mittimus

    Hyphenation

    mit·ti·mus

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin mittimus (the opening word of such a document), first-person plural of mittō (“send”).
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