Law a writ issued by a court directing an officer to arrest the person named
Origin of capias
Middle English from Medieval Latin from L, 2d person; personal (grammar) singular , present tense subject, subjective , of capere, to takecapias
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capias
noun
LawA warrant for arrest.
Origin of capias
Middle English from Medieval Latin capiās from Latin second person sing. present subjunctive of capere to seize (from the first word of the writ) ; see kap- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural capiases)
- (law) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. [from 15th c.]
Usage notes
- The term is mostly used in the singular.
Origin
From Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).
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