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caption definition - legal

n

  1. The heading of a pleading that contains the names of the parties and court, the case index or docket number, and the type of pleading the document is.
  2. The taking or carrying away of an object. See also larceny, robbery, and trespass.
  3. The arrest or seizure of a person pursuant to legal process.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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