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capias |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Capias \Ca"pi*as\, n. [L. thou mayst take.] Low A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it that is to arrest him -- also called {writ of capias}. Note: One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. --Burrill. Wharton.
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