Capere

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In old English law. To take; to seize or arrest; to take or receive judicially; to receive the verdict of an assise or jury; to hold courts at which such verdicts weie given. Capiatur veredicturn juratorum: the verdict of the jurors shall be taken.

In the Roman law. To take; to take with effect; to take with the intention of holding or keeping; to accept, as distinguished from receive.

Lat. To take. The Roman law made a distinction between this word, and accipere, (aliud est capere, aliud accipere); it not being properly applicable to cases where a restitution or re-delivery of the thing taken was contemplated; (non videtur quis capere quod erit restiturus,) Big. 50. 16. 71.