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DE EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO Definition & Legal Meaning

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A writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him rill he should become reconciled to the iliurch. 3 Bl. Comm. 102. Smith v. Nelson, IS Vt. 511.

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