DE HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAMIUM

de   homine   capto   in   withernamium   (dee   hom-<<schwa>>-nee   kap-toh   in   with-<<

schwa>>r-nay-mee-<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin “for taking a man in withernam”] Hist. A writ to

seize and jail a person  who took a bondman  out of the  county to  keep the bondman from being

replevied.  •  The  defendant  was  jailed  without  bail  until  the  bondman  was  returned.  See

WITHERNAM. [Blacks Law 8th]