Captio
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., Caption. 1. A taking; a seizure; an arrest. 2. The heading of a document.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from capere, to take.] In old English law and practice. A taking or seizure of a thing, as an animal. Bract. fol. 166. Bene cognoscit captionem; he well avows the taking. 1 Salk. 3. A taking or seizure of land. Dies captionis indorsari debet in tergo brevis; the day of the taking ought to be indorsed on the back of the writ. Bract. fol. 366 b. A taking or arrest of a person. Reg. Orig. 278 b. Bract, fol. 146 b. A taking or holding of a court. Captio assises; the taking of the assise. Bract. fol. 111, 202 b. A taking or receiving. Homagii captio; taking of homage. Id. fol. 16.