mittimus noun & verb. ['mɪtɪmǝs] LME.
[Latin, lit. 'we send', the first word of the writ in Latin.]
A. noun.
1. Law.
a. A writ to transfer records from one court to another. LME-E18.
b. A warrant committing a person to prison. L16.

2. A dismissal from office; a notice to quit. Chiefly in get one's mittimus, be dismissed. colloq. & dial. L16.

3. A magistrate. joc. rare. M17.
b. verb trans. Commit to prison by a warrant. rare. M18.

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