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Capite
Webster 1828 Edition
Capite
CAPITE.
In English law, a tenant in capite, or in chief, is one who holds lands immediately of the king, caput, the head or Lord Paramount of all lands in the kingdom, by knights service or by soccage. This tenure is called tenure in capite; but it was abolished in England, by 12 Charles II. 24.Definition 2024
capite
capite
See also: capité
French
Verb
capite
- first-person singular present indicative of capiter
- third-person singular present indicative of capiter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of capiter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of capiter
- second-person singular imperative of capiter
Latin
Noun
capite
- ablative singular of caput
Verb
capite
- second-person plural present active imperative of capiō
See also: capité
References
- CAPITE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)