certificando de recognitione stapulae
certificando de recognitione stapulae (s[schwa]r-ti-fi-kan-doh dee rek-[ schwa]g-nish-ee-oh-nee stay-py[schwa]-lee). [Law Latin “by certifying the recognition of the statute staple”] Hist. A writ commanding the holder of certain commercial debt instruments (i.e., the mayor of the staple) to certify to the lord chancellor the existence and terms of a statute staple (i.e., a bond for commercial debt) wrongfully detained by a party to the bond. See STATUTE STAPLE.