What is CONTUMACE CAPIENDO? Definition of CONTUMACE CAPIENDO in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
In English law. Excommunication in all cases of contempt 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 such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the court of chancery, whereupon a writ de contumace capiendo 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; 3 & 4 Viet. c. 93.) Wharton; 1 Holdsw. Hist. Engl. Law App. XVIII. See Excommunication.
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