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Webster 1913 Edition


Capite


Cap′i-te

(kăpˊĭ-tē)
,
Noun.
[L., abl. of
caput
head.]
See under
Tenant
.

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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of capiter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of capiter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of capiter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of capiter
  5. second-person singular imperative of capiter

Interlingua

Noun

capite (plural capites)

  1. head

Italian

Verb

capite f pl

  1. feminine plural of capito

Verb

capite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of capire
  2. second-person plural imperative of capire

Latin

Noun

capite

  1. ablative singular of caput

Verb

capite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of capiō
See also: capité

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