mittimus

[ mit-uh-muh s ]

/ ˈmɪt ə məs /

a warrant of commitment to prison.

a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.

Origin of mittimus

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit

He never once took his eyes off Palmer as he read the mittimus.

The Crime of the Century |Henry M. Hunt
With this mittimus he delivered us to the constables to convey us to Leicester jail.

George Fox |George Fox
“Then,” said he, “I must commit you;” and ordered his clerk to make a mittimus.

The History of Thomas Ellwood |Thomas Ellwood
I still called to have the mittimus read; for that signified the cause of my commitment.

George Fox |George Fox

Which mittimus the Trio, on their side, made bold to fling in the fire: and valiantly pleaded privilege of Parliament.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle

mittimus

/ (ˈmɪtɪməs) /

law a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison

C15: from Latin: we send, the first word of such a command