Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

cepi corpus et committitur

I have arrested and committed the defendant (to prison).

committitur

[Latin "he is committed"] An order or minute stating that the person named in it is to be committed to the custody of the sheriff.

committitur piece

Hist. An instrument used to civilly charge a debtor already in prison, esp. by the plaintiff who had brought about the debtor's imprisonment. ( The committitur piece was rendered obsolete by the 1869 Debtors Act, which abolished imprisonment for debt.

interim committitur

[Latin "in the meantime, let him be committed"] A court order directing that a defendant be incarcerated pending further action.