IDENTITATE NOMINIS, Engl. law. The name of a writ which lies for a person
taken upon a capias or exigent and committed to prison, for another man of
the same name; this writ directs the sheriff to inquire whether he be the
same person against whom the action was brought, and if not, then to
discharge him. F. N. B. 267. In practice, a party in this condition would be
relieved by habeas corpus.