commission of rebellion

Hist. An attaching process that empowered a layperson to arrest and bring a defendant to Chancery to enforce obedience to a writ of subpoena or decree. • The commission of rebellion was abolished in 1841. — Also termed writ of rebellion; commissio rebellionis; breve rebellionis.

commission of rebellion. Hist. An attaching process that empowered a layperson to arrest and bring a defendant to Chancery to enforce obedience to a writ of subpoena or decree. • The commission of rebellion was abolished in 1841. — Also termed writ of rebellion; commissio rebellionis; breve rebellionis. “Commission of rebellion (Commissio rebellionis) is otherwise