Excommunicato capiendo

Definition of Excommunicato capiendo

In ecclesiastical law, a writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a bishop’s certificate that the defendant had been excommunicated, and requiring the sheriff to arrest and imprison him, returnable to the king’s bench.

That's the definition of Excommunicato capiendo in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.