Contumace Capiendo

Contumace capiendo. Excommunication in all cases of contempt in the spiritual courts is discontinued by 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the Court of Chancery, whereupon a writ de contumace capiendo issues from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division), 2 & 3 Wm. 4, C. 93; 3 & 4Vict. c. 93, and Clergy Discipline Act, 1892, s. 7. See Ex parte Bell Cox, (1887) 20 QBD 1; CONTEMPT OF COURT.