DE APOSTATA CAPIENDO

de apostata capiendo (dee <<schwa>>-pos-t<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>> kap-ee-en-doh), n.[Law

Latin “of the taking of an apostate”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to apprehend and return to a

monastery a person who had entered the monastery, professed the religious order, and then left and

wandered around the country. [Blacks Law 8th]