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capias definition

ca·pias (kā′pē əs, kap′ē-)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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