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Webster 1913 Edition
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Cap′tion
,Noun.
[L.
captio
, fr. caper
to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput
a head. See Capacious
.] 1.
A caviling; a sophism.
[Obs.]
This doctrine is for
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and contradiction. Bacon.
2.
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
[R.]
Bouvier.
3.
(Law)
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
Bouvier.
Wharton.
4.
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
[U. S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
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CAPTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.2.
A certificate signed by commissioners in Chancery, declaring when and where the commission was executed.3.
A preamble.4.
In Scots law, a writ issued at the instance of a creditor, commanding an officer to take and imprison the debtor, till he pays the debt.