noun
- plural of mittimus: a warrant issued by a court or magistrate directing a jailer to hold a person in custody
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The judge signed several mittimuses for the defendants.
- The court clerk prepared the mittimuses for delivery to the jail.
- Multiple mittimuses were issued following the arraignment.
- The sheriff collected the mittimuses from the courthouse.
- All mittimuses must be properly executed before detention.
- The defense attorney challenged the validity of the mittimuses.