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What is a mittimus?

What is a mittimus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law, archaic outside the US) A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
  2. A writ for moving records from one court to another.
  3. A formal dismissal from a situation.
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I called for a constable, and made a mittimus to send him to Newgate, thinking he would discover the truth.
You have asked this office to render a formal opinion concerning the service of capias mittimus by state marshals.
Most of the mittimus patients were tried for major felonies and tend to be substantially more violent than regular patients.
I will then examine, whether the statute of Connecticut requires a mittimus for commitment on attachments?
After the convictions were affirmed on appeal, the defendant requested and obtained delays in the issuance of the mittimus in each case.
The magistrate then directed his clerk to make out the mittimus.

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