Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562The Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo Act 1562 was an act of the Parliament of England.WritA writ de excommunicato capiendo was a writ commanding the sheriff to arrest one who was excommunicated, and imprison him till he should become reconciled to the church.Subsequent developmentsThe whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.