DE CAUTIONE ADMITTENDA

de cautione admittenda (dee kaw-shee-oh-nee ad-mi-ten-d[schwa]), n. [Law Latin “of security to be taken”] Hist. A writ commanding a bishop who had ordered an excommunicated person held for contempt, even though the prisoner had offered bail and promised to obey the church in the future, to take the offered security and order the prisoner’s release.