Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562


The Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 was an Act of the Parliament of England.
The whole 1562 Act was repealed by section 87 of, and to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

Writ

A writ de excommunicato capiendo was a writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church.