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  • CAPITULATION
    In military law. The surrender of a fort or fortified town to a besieging army; the treaty or agreement between the commanding officers which embodies the terms and conditions on which the surrender is made. In the civil law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those More...
  • CAPITULI AGRI
    Head-fields; lands lying at the head or upper end of furrows etc. Capitulum est elerieomm congregatio sub uno deoano in coclcsia cathcdrali. A chapter is a congregation of clergy under one dean in a cathedral church. Co. Litt. 98.
  • CAPPA
    In old records. A cap. Cappa honoris, the cap of honor. One of the solemnities or ceremonies of creating an earl or marquis.
  • CAPTAIN
    A head-man; commander; commanding onicer. The captain of a war-vessel is the officer first in command. In the United States navy, the rank of "captain" is intermediate between that of "command-er" and "commodore." The governor or controlling officer of a vessel in the merchant service is usually styled "captain" by More...
  • CAPTATION
    In French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it; used In an invidious sense. Zerega v. Perci-val, 46 La. Ann. 590, 15 South. 476.
  • CAPTATOR
    A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice.
  • CAPTIO
    In old English law and practice. A taking or seizure; arrest; receiving; holding of court
  • CAPTION
    In practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority it is taken, found, or executed. State v. Sutton, 5 N. C. 281; U. S. v. Beebe, 2 Dak. 292, 11 N. W. 505; State v. Jones, 9 N. More...
  • CAPTIVES
    Prisoners of war. As In the goods of an enemy, so also in his person, a sort of qualified property may be acquired, by taking him a prisoner of war, at least till his ransom be paid. 2 Bl. Comm. 402.
  • CAPTOR
    In international law. One who takes or seizes property in time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who takes a prize at sea. 2 Bl. Comm. 401; 1 Kent, Comm. 86, 96, 103.
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