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SIGNIFICAVIT,

Legal Term: SIGNIFICAVIT,
Definition: eccl. law. When this word is used alone, it means the bishop~s certificate to the court of chancery, in order to obtain the writ of excommunication; but where the words writ of significavit are used, the meaning is the same as writ de excommunicato capiendo. 2 Burn~s Eccl. L. 248; Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 502.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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