Definition of IDENTITATE NOMINIS


IDENTITATE NOMINIS

Engl. law. The name of a writ which lies
for a person taken upon a capias or exigent and committed to
prison, for another man of the same name; this writ directs the
sheriff to inquire whether he be the same person against whom the
action was brought, and if not, then to discharge him. F. N. B.
267. In practice, a party in this condition would be relieved by
habeas corpus.

Source: Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition

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