In practice. To send a per-son to prison by virtue of a lawful authori-ty, for any crime or contempt, or to an asy-lum, workhouse, reformatory, or the like, hy authority of a court or magistrate. People v. Beach, 122 Cal. 37, 54 Pac. 369; Cummlngton v. wareham, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 585; French v. Bancroft, 1 Metc. (Mass.) 502; People v. warden, 73 App. Dlv. 174, 76 N. Y. Supp. 728
