mittimus

American  

[mit-uh-muhs] / ˈmɪt ə məs /

noun

Law.

plural

mittimuses

1. a warrant of commitment to prison.

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

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mittimus British  

/ ˈmɪtɪməs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of mittimus

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

Example Sentences

There was abundant concurrent testimony that made the proof of guilt incontrovertible, and Starlight Tom's mittimus was made out accordingly.

From Bracebridge Hall by Irving, Washington

He stepped up to the wicket as Palmer read the mittimus to the deputy jailer, and, when the latter bade him a cordial good evening, he merely nodded his head.

From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.

I shou'dn't wonder if the scoundrel call'd for my clerk, and sign'd my mittimus.

From John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by Colman, George

There was abundant concurring testimony that made the proof of guilt incontrovertible, and Starlight Tom's mittimus was made out accordingly.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

When he had seen it, he said there might be something more against me than was expressed in my mittimus; and that he was but a young man, and, therefore, he durst not do it.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur