Capitare
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old law, and surveys. To head, front, or abut; to touch at the head, or end. Cowell, voc. "Laterare." CAPITAS DEMINUTIO (or DIMINUTIO) (Lat.)
In the civil law. The loss of a mutatio). Inst. 1. 16. pr. 1; Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 131, § 121. Sometimes called capitis minutio. Dig. 4. 5. 1. This was of three kinds. See "Caput;" "Status." CAPITATIM (Lat.) By the head; to each individual. 4 Maule & S. 206. CAPITATION (Lat. caput, head). A polltax. An imposition yearly laid upon each person. The constitution of the United States provides that "no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census, or enumeration, thereinbefore directed to be taken." Article 1, § 9, note 4. See 3 Dall. (Pa.) 171; 5 Wheat. (U. S.) 317.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
1. 1. In old law and surveys. To head, front or abut; to touch at the head or end.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old law and surveys. To head, front, or abut; totouch at ihe head, or end.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
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. MS. Dat. A.D. 1317, cited in Coufell, voc. Laterare.