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capias
[ key-pee-uhs, kap-ee- ]
noun
, Law.
- a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
capias
/ ˈkeɪpɪˌæs; ˈkæp- /
noun
- law (formerly) a writ directing a sheriff or other officer to arrest a named person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of capias1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: literally, you are to take, subjunctive 2nd person singular of capere
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Word History and Origins
Origin of capias1
C15: from Latin, literally: you must take, from capere
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Example Sentences
Viam Francofurdi capias, quam autem hac periculosiorem esse putamus.
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The threat of the capias ultegatum was probably in reference to the arrest of Bacon for debt in September, 1593.
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Safe-conduct passes for knaves are writs of capias to honest men.
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Surely they are not all the victims of the same capias and the same officer!
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"It is important that he should be arrested on this capias," said Bagsley.
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