cap·tion   (kāp'shən)    n.   A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph. A series of words superimposed on the bottom of television or motion picture frames that communicate dialogue to the hearing-impaired or translate foreign dialogue. A title or heading, as of a document or article. Law The heading of a pleading or other document that identifies the parties, court, term, and number of the action. tr.v.   cap·tioned, cap·tion·ing, cap·tions To furnish a caption for. [Middle English capcioun, arrest, from Old French capcion, from Latin captiō, captiōn-, from captus, past participle of capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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Cap"tion\, n. [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 caption 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.]

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Main Entry: cap·tion
Pronunciation: 'kap-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin captio act of taking, from Latin capere to take
: the part of a legal document that states the court, the names of the parties, the docket number, the title of the document, and sometimes the name of the judge