committitur piece

committitur piece. Hist. An instrument used to civilly charge a debtor already in prison, esp. by the plaintiff who had brought about the debtor’s imprisonment. • The committitur piece was rendered obsolete by the 1869 Debtors Act, which abolished imprisonment for debt.

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