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.