Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562

Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for the due Execucion of the Writ De Excommunicato capiendo. [b]
Citation	5 Eliz. 1. c. 23
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	10 April 1563
Commencement	1 May 1563 [c]
Repealed	1 March 1965
Other legislation
Amended by	Sheriffs Act 1887 Statute Law revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 23) was an act of the Parliament of England.

Writ

A writ de excommunicato capiendo (Latin for "taking one who is excommunicated") was a writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church. ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule ^[2] to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

See also

• De Excommunicato Deliberando

Notes

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
3. Section 1.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes

1. Bouvier, John; Rawle, Francis (1892). A Law Dictionary. USA: Princeton University. p. 475.
2. "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963". www.legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2025.