FINECAPIENDO PRO TERRIS

By SovConn | January 23, 2016

fine capiendo pro terris (kap-ee-en-doh proh ter-is). [Latin “a fine to be taken for lands”] Hist.

A writ that an imprisoned felon could use in some circumstances to obtain release from jail and to

recover lands and goods taken during imprisonment.[Blacks Law 8th]

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