capias









capias


noun Law.

  1. a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.

noun

  1. law (formerly) a writ directing a sheriff or other officer to arrest a named person
n.

writ of arrest issued by a court, mid-15c., from Latin capias, literally “thou mayest take,” typical first word of such a writ; properly 2nd person singular present subjunctive of capere “to catch, seize, hold” (see capable).

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