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Court of King's Bench, Crown Side, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of...
Catalogue reference: KB 5
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KB 5
Folded and unfiled plea roll rotuli recording the full texts of writs de contumace capiendo, whose execution had to be notified into King's Bench.
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KB 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Court of King's Bench, Crown Side, and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division: Enrolments of Writs De Contumace Capiendo
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Date (When the record was created)
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1844-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folded and unfiled plea roll rotuli recording the full texts of writs de contumace capiendo, whose execution had to be notified into King's Bench.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Until 1844 enrolments of the writ were made in the Controlment Rolls: KB 29
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 bundle(s)
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- Topics
- Litigation
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The writ was created by an act of 1813 to replace that of de excommunicate capiendo, which had long been used to uphold the authority of the ecclesiastical courts. It ordered the arrest of an individual in contempt of an order of such a court until satisfaction had been made.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10009/
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