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MITTIMUS
A court order directing a sheriff or other police officer to escort a convict to a prison.
A mittimus is a written document. It can command a jailer to safely keep a felon until he or she can be transferred to a prison. A mittimus also refers to the transcript of the conviction and sentencing stages, which is duly certified by a clerk of court.
Mittimus
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