MIT'TIMUS, noun [Latin we send.] In law, a precept or command in writing, under the hand or hand and seal of a justice of the peace or other proper officer, directed to the keeper of a prison, requiring him to imprison an offender; a warrant of commitment to prison. 1. A writ for removing records from one court to another.
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