A legal order or writ committing someone to prison or custody, especially for contempt of court or debt.
From Latin committitur, 'it is committed,' the passive voice third person singular of committere. Used as a legal technical term since medieval times.
Committitur is pure Latin legal jargon that persists in English courtrooms because these documents must be unambiguous—there's no room for translation when someone's freedom is at stake.
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