mittimus
noun
a warrant of commitment to prison.
mittimuses
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pluralof mittimus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And divers mittimuses were made, but none of them would hold; for still, when they came to be read, we found such flaws in them as made him throw them aside, and write more.
From The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself by Thomas Ellwood
