Mittimus
[mitimәs]
Definition
(n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.
(n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another.
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Definition
n. (law) a warrant granted for sending to prison a person charged with a crime: a writ by which a record is transferred out of one court to another: a formal dismissal from a situation.
Edited by Gertrude