DE EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO

de excommunicato capiendo (dee eks-k[schwa]-myoo-ni-kay-toh kap-ee-en-doh), n. [Law Latin “for taking an excommunicated person”] Hist. Eccles. law. A writ ordering a sheriff to imprison an excommunicated person until the person reconciled with the church. • It was replaced by the writ de contumace capiendo. See DE CONTUMACE CAPIENDO.