capias ad audiendum judicium

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capias ad audiendum judicium - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CAPIAS AD AUDIENDUM JUDICIUM, practice. A writ issued in a case of 
  misdemeanor, after the defendant has appeared and found guilty, and is not 
  present when called. This writ is to bring him to judgment. 4 BI. Com. 368.