Capita
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I. Heads, and figuratively, entire bodies, whether of persons or animals; persons individually considered; persons as distinguished from stirpes or stocks of descent; heads of cattle; heads, chapters or general divisions; titles. Capita Icgis: heads of law. v. Capitalia; Caput; In capita; Per capita.