mittimus

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 keep such person until he shall be delivered by due course of law. State v. Lenihan, 151 Conn. 552, 200 A.2d 476, 478.
Transcript of minutes of conviction and sentence duly certified by court clerk. United States ex rel. Chasteen v. Denemark, C.C.A.I11., 138 F.2d 289, 291.
Old English law.
A writ enclosing a record sent to be tried in a county palatine; it derives its name from the Latin word mittimus, "we send." It is the jury process of these counties, and commands the proper officer of the county palatine to command the sheriff to summon the jury for the trial of the cause, and to return the record, etc

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • 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. Merriam Webster. 1996. mittimus …   Law dictionary

  • 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 — 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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