A writ to the sheriff for delivery of an excommunicated person out of prison, uponcertificate from the ordinary of his conformity to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction . Fitzh. Nat Brev. 63.Excommunicato interdicitur omnia actus legitimus, ita quod agere non potest, necaliqnem convenire, licet ipse ah aliis possit convenlri. Co. Litt. 133. Every legal act isforbidden an excommunicated person, so that he cannot act, nor sue any person, buthe may be sued by others.
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