Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

certificando de recognitione stapulae

[Law Latin "by certifying the recognition of the statute staple"] Hist. A writ commanding the holder of certain commercial debt instruments (i.e., the mayor of the staple) to certify to the lord chancellor the existence and terms of a statute staple (i.e., a bond for com-mercial debt) wrongfully detained by a party to the bond. See STATUTE STAPLE.