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Significavit

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Significavit (Latin: 'he has signified') is an obsolete writ in English, Welsh and Irish ecclesiastical law, issued out of chancery, that a man be excommunicated for forty days, and imprisoned until he submits himself to the authority of the church.[1] It is synonymous with the writ de excommunicate capiendo.[2]

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  1. "Significavit". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. Bouvier, John; Rawle, Francis (1897). Bouvier's Law Dictionary. Boston: Boston Book Company.