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If mittimus refers to prison, then is there a companion word for reference to a jail?
Barred regards, WW
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I don't think mittimus is specific to prison...
(but I ain't no barrister)
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If mittimus refers to prison, then is there a companion word for reference to a jail?'Cording to the 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m130.htm the corresponding word for reference to a jail is mittimus. Course that's just for criminal law. In English law it has nothing to do with places of incarceration, least 'cording to the 'LLLL.
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