Cataneus
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), 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
A tenant in capite; a tenant holding immediately of the crown. Spelman.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A tenant in capitc. A tenant holding immediately of the crown. Spelman, Gloss.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In feudal law. A tenant in
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A tenant in capite. A tenant helding immediately of the crown. Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In feudal law. A tenant in capite, or in chief. Spelman. A captain. Id. Considered by Spelman as an abbreviation or contraction of capitaneus, just as catalla, or catalia was of capitalia. See Capitaneus.