Apostata capiendo

Apostate capiendo (Latin for "taking an apostate")[1] was an old English writ against an individual. It prescribed the arrest of a person, who having entered and professed some religious order (such as a monk), broke from his cloister, contrary to the rules of his order.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "de apostate capiendo" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project
  2. ↑ "apostata capiendo" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project
  3. ↑  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.


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