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Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562

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Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte for the due Execucion of the Writ De Excommunicato capiendo.[2]
Citation5 Eliz. 1. c. 23
Dates
Royal assent10 April 1563
Other legislation
Amended bySheriffs Act 1887
Repealed byEcclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Status: Repealed

The Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The whole Act was repealed by section 87 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

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A writ de excommunicato capiendo (Latin for "taking one who is excommunicated")[3] was a writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church.[4]

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  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ^ "De Excommunicato Capiendo" The Law Dictionary, Featuring Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.
  4. ^ "De Excommunicato Capiendo" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project