Capitare

Lat. [from caput, head.] In old law and surveys. To head, front or abut; to touch at the head, or end. Tenent octo acra^juxta Goreswall, capitantes ad prcedictum wallum; they hold eight acres near Goreswall, heading to (or on) the said wall. Cowell, \oc. Abbuttals. • * unam peciam prati apud Langmede, quce capitat ad regiam stratam et lateral ad terras hatredum Nicholai de Sandwyco militis; one piece of meadow which heads on the highway, and sides [i. e. borders or touches on the side,] on the lands of the heirs of Nicholas de Sandwich, knight.

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Dat. A.D.

1317, cited in Coufell, voc. Laterare.