capias pro fine

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capias pro fine - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CAPIAS PRO FINE, practice, crim. law. The name of a writ which issues 
  against a defendant who has been fined, and who does not discharge it 
  according to the judgment. This writ commands the sheriff to arrest the 
  defendant and commit him to prison, there to remain till he pay the fine, or 
  be otherwise discharged according to law.