from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
EXCOMMUNICATIO CAPIENDO, WRIT OF, Eng. eccl. law. A writ issuing out of
chancery, founded on a bishop's certificate that the defendant had been
excommunicated, which writ is returnable in the king's bench. F. N. B. 62,
64, 65 Bac. Ab. Excommunication, E. See Statutes 3 Ed. I. c. 15; 9 Ed. II.
c. 12; 2 & 3 Ed. VI. c. 13; 5 & 6 Ed. VI c. 4; 5 Eliz. c. 23; 1 H.V. c. 5;
also Cro. Eliz. 224, 6,80; Cro. Car. 421; Cro. Jac. 567; 1 Vent. 146; 1
Salk. 293, 294, 295.