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Capitula

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. Tplur. of capitulum, q. v.] In old ecclesiastical law. Collections of laws or ordinances, {legum canones,) drawn up under certain divisions or heads, (constitutorum capita, i. e. summas continentia.) Spelman. Chapters or assemblies of ecclesiastical persons.

See Capitulum.