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Webster 1913 Edition

Capias

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Ca′pi-as

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Noun.
[L. thou mayst take.]
(Low)
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; – also called
writ of capias
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☞ One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody.
Burrill. Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capias

CAPIAS

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Noun.
In law, a writ of two sorts; one before judgment, called a capias ad respondendum, where an original is issued, to take the defendant, and make him answer to the plaintiff; the other, which issues after judgment, is of divers kinds; as a capias ad satisfaciendum, or writ of execution; a capias pro fine; a capias utlagatum; a capias in withernam.

Definition 2025

capias

capias

English

Noun

capias ‎(plural capiases)

  1. (law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. [from 15th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
      All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse.

Usage notes

  • The term is mostly used in the singular.

Translations

Latin

Verb

capiās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of capiō

Etymology

From Latin capiās ‎(“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō ‎(“to seize”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkapɪəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.piəs/, /ˈkæ.piəs/

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