capias

(kā′pē əs, kap′ē-)

noun

Law a writ issued by a court directing an officer to arrest the person named

Origin: ME < ML < L, 2d pers. sing., pres. subj., of capere, to take

See capias in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Law

A warrant for arrest.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin capiās

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , second person sing. present subjunctive of capere, to seize (from the first word of the writ); see kap- in Indo-European roots

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