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  • CAPITULA
    Collections of laws and ordinances drawn up under heads of divisions. Spelman. The term is used in the civil and old English law, and applies to the ecclesiastical law also, meaning chapters or assemblies of ecclesiastical persons. Du Cange. —Capitula coronae. Chapters of the crown. Chapters or heads of inquiry, More...
  • CAPITULARY
    In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws. In ecclesiastical law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing tbe beginning and More...
  • 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...
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