Significavit

Significavit is an obsolete writ in English ecclesiastical law, issued out of chancery, that a man be excommunicated for forty days, and imprisoned until he submits himself to the authority of the church.[1] It is synonymous with the writ de excommunicate capiendo.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Significavit". Retrieved 3 November 2016 – via The Free Dictionary.
  2. ↑ "Significavit". Retrieved 3 November 2016 – via The Free Dictionary.


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