Apostata Capiendo
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Apostata capiendo, a writ that formerly lay against one who, having entered and professed some order of religion, broke out again and wandered up and down the country, contrary to the rules of his order. It was addressed to the sheriff to apprehend the offender and deliver him into the possession of his abbot or prior, Reg. Brev. 71, 267.
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