Law Dictionary

Lat. By the head; by the poll; severally to each individual.

A poll tax.

(Lat. caput, head.) A poll-tax. An imposition periodically Jaid upon each person. office, rank, ete. It is a very ancient kind of tribute, and answers to what the Latins called “tr

One which is levied upon the person simply, without any reference to his property, real or personal or to any business in which he may be engaged or to any employment which he may

See "Capita."

In the civil law. One who had suffered the capitis diminutio. Dig. 4. 5.

Lat. [from caput, head or poll.] In old law. Poll money. Blount. Whishaw.

/. In the civil law. The loss of a status or civil qualification; the change of a man's former condition. Capitis deminutio maxima: the highest kind of capitis deminutio, when libe

In Roman law. A diminishing or abridgment of personality. This was a loss or curtailment of a man's status or aggregate of legal attributes and qualifications, following upon certa

The highest or most comprehensive loss of status. This occurred when a man's condition was changed from one of freedom to one of bondage, when he became a slave. It swept away with

A lesser or medium loss of status. This occurred where a man lost his rights of citizenship, but without losing his liberty. It carried away also the family rights.

The lowest or least comprehensive degree of loss of stattis. This occurred where a man's family relations alone were changed. It happened upon the arrogation of a person who had be

In Saxon law. The estimation or value of the head, that is, the price or value of a man's life.

A covering for the head, mentioned in St. 1 Hen. IV., and other old statutes, which prescribed what dresses shall be worn by all degrees of persons. Jacob.

/. 2. In old English lau\ A chapter; a small head or division; an assembly of ecclesiastical persons; a congregation of clergymen under one dean in a cathedral church, v. Chapter.

the term “Capitol Buildings” has the meaning given such term in section 5101 of title 40 ; and / the term “Capitol Buildings” has the meaning given such term in section 5101 of tit

the term "Capitol-flown flag" means a flag of the United States flown over the Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom the flag is requested;

Collections of laws and ordinances drawn up under heads or divisions. Spelman. The term is used in the civil and old English law, and applies to ecclesiastical law also. Du Cange.

Chapters of the crown. Chapters or heads of inquiry, resembling the oapitula itineris, (infra) but of a more minute character.

Lat. Chapters of the crown. Chapters or heads of inquiry, resembling the capitula itineris, (q. V.) but of a more minute character, delivered in the year 1194, 5 Ric. I. 1 Reeves*

Chapters of the crown. Chapters or heads of inquiry, resembling the eapitula itineris, (q.v.,) but of a more minute character.

Specific and minute schedules, or capitula itineris.

A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 Bl. Comm. 343; Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 130 et seq.

A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 Bl. Comm. 343 ; Crabb, Eng. Law, 130, et seq.

Schedules of inquiry delivered to the justices in eyre before

A law or canon passed by an ecclesiastical chapter; a chapter member.

Assemblies or chapters, held by rural deans and parochial clergy, within the precinct of every deanery, which at first were every three weeks, afterwards once a month, and more sol

In French Law. A collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. The term is especially applied to the collections of laws made and published by the early French e

To draw up an agreement; to surrender conditionally.

(1) The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. (2) In civil law. An agreement by

Head fields; lands lying at the head or upper end of furrows, etc. CAPITULUM EST CLERICORUM CONgregatlo sub uno decano In ecclesia cathedral!. A chapter is a congregation of clergy

A chapter or section of a book.

See "Capias pro Fine."

I. I. In old English law. payment of it

The first day of the year.

The castle or chief seat of a baron.

capucium, I I In old English headland.

The beginning of the Lent fast, i.e., Ash Wednesday.

In old English law. A wolf's head. An outlawed felon was said to be caput lupinum, and might be knocked on the head, like a wolf.

The head or upper part of a place.

One of the regalia or ornaments of state belonging to the sovereigns of England, before whom it is carried at the coronation and other great solemnities. Caps of maintenance are al

In old records. A cap. Cappa honoris, the cap of honor. One of the solemnities or ceremonies of creating an earl or marquis. Bacon's Works, v. 474. CAPTAIN (Lat. capitaneus; from c

One employed to solicit business for an attorney.

the procedure under Section two of the Capper-Volstead Act is auxiliary and was intended merely as a qualification of the authorization given to cooperative agricultural producers

[The Act indicates] a purpose to make it possible for farmer-producers to organize together, set association policy, fix prices at which their cooperative will sell their produce,

A head-man; commander; commanding officer. The captain of a war-vessel is the officer first in command. In the United States navy, the rank of "captain" is intermediate between tha

The term "Captain of the Port Zone" means a Captain of the Port Zone established by the Secretary pursuant to sections 92, 93, and 633 1 of title 14.

In practice. A writ of execution, (usually termed, for brevity, a “ea. sa.,”) which a party may issue after having recovered judgment ag:inst another in certain actions atlaw. It c

In French law. Undue Influence; the act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad sense. Captation takes

A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice. Rapalje & L. CAPTIO (Lat. from capere, to take). In old English law and practice. A taking or seizure of a thing, as an anim

Caption.

(1) A taking, or seizing; an arrest. The word is no longer used in this sense. (2) The heading of a legal instrument^ in which is shown when, where, and by what authority it was ta

any of several technologies, see Captioning for the Deaf, 63 F.C.C.2d 378 (1976), that project written text onto a television image so that deaf viewers receive information that is

A prisoner of war. Such a person does not by his capture lose his civil rights.

The ability of government, consonant with the Constitution, to shut off discourse solely to protect others from hearing it is, in other words, dependent upon a showing that substan

all coal produced at a mine for consumption by the producer or by a subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

Prisoners of war. As in the goods of an enemy, so also in his person, a sort of qualified property may be acquired, by taking him a prisoner of war, at least till hls ransom be pai

The terms “captive status” and “former captive” have the meanings given those terms in section 559 of title 37. / In this section, the term “captive status” means the status of a m

One who has taken property

Lat. & Eng. [from Lat. capers, to take.] In international law. One who takes or seizes property m time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who

an honest exercise of discretion, necessarily arising out of his command, cannot be treated as such misconduct in the commander of a public ship of war, as will forfeit his fair ti

Before the captain of the Nonsuch left the Anna Maria, in pursuit of other objects, he ought to have decided either to seize her as prize or to restore her. Had he seized her as pr

There can be no doubt, that if captors are guilty of gross misconduct, or laches, in violation of their duty, courts of prize will visit upon them the penalty of a forfeiture of th

The right of captors to prizes is but an inchoate right, and, until a condemnation, no absolute title attaches. But when condemnation has passed upon the property, it relates back

A capture, as defined by some of the most eminent writers on insurance within the policy, is a taking by the enemy of vessel or cargo as prize, in time of open war, or, by way of r

The policy is then 'warranted free from * * * capture, seizure, arrest, restraint or detainment, or the consequences thereof * * * or any taking of the Vessel, by requisition or ot

The title is not transferred by the mere fact of capture, but it is the duty of the captor to send his prize home, in order that a judicial inquiry may be instituted to determine w

Captured property [is] property 'which had been seized or taken from hostile possession by the military and naval forces of the United States.' Rights of possession in private prop

The term "captured record" means a document, audio file, video file, or other material captured during combat operations from countries, organizations, or individuals, no

Although acquisitions made during war are not considered as permanent until confirmed by treaty, yet to every commercial and belligerent purpose, they are considered as a part of t

A capture made within neutral waters is, as between enemies, deemed, to all intents and purposes, rightful; it is only by the neutral sovereign that its legal validity can be calle

The decision at the last term, in the case of the United States v. Palmer, establishes the principle, that the government of the United States, having recognised the existence of a

In Civil Law. Status; a person's civil condition. According to the Roman law, three elements concurred to form the status or caput of the citizen, namely, liberty, libertas, citize

PRINCIPIUM, ET FINIS. The head, beginning, and end. A term applied in English law to the king, as head of parliament. 4 Inst. 3; 1 Bl. Comm. 188.

Head money; the payment of head money. Spelman; Cowell.

In old English law. Head or poll money or the payment of it Cowell; Blount

The first day of the year.

Thecastle or chief seat of a baron.

A nobleman’s mansion-house.

In old English law. A head of land; a headland. Cowell, voc. "Buttum."

The beginning of the Lent fast, 2. ¢., Ash Wednesday.

The head or upper part of a place.

An outlaw.

A dead head; a thing void for all purposes. See 96 U. S. 195.

In old English law. The head of a port. The town to which a port belongs, and which gives the denomination to the port, and is the head of it. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 2, c. 2; 4 Tau

The head, beginning and end.

standard railroad cars.

In old English law. A kind of raft or boat. Spelman.

A bulky ship built for both commerce and war.

A weight equal to three and one-

The term “carbon capture capability” means a gasification plant design which is determined by the Secretary to reflect reasonable consideration for, and be capable of, accommodatin

The term "carbon dioxide" means carbon dioxide that is produced as a byproduct of the production of a biobased product.

In this section, the term “carbon dioxide energy efficiency” means the quantity of electricity used to power equipment for carbon dioxide capture and storage or use.

In this section, the term “carbon dioxide removal” means the capture of carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or, in dissolved form, from seawater, combined with the sequestrati

The term “carbon dioxide stream” means carbon dioxide that— (A) has been captured; and (B) consists overwhelmingly of— (i) carbon dioxide plus incidental associated substances deri

The term “carbonized wool” means wool that has been immersed in a bath, usually of mineral acids or acid salts, that destroys vegetable matter in the wool, but does not affect the

The term “carbon sequestration” means the capture of carbon dioxide through terrestrial, geological, biological, or other means, which prevents the release of carbon dioxide into t

In French law. An instrument of punishment, somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself. JSiret, Vocab.

I L In old English law. A

In old E}nglisb law. A prison or workhouse.