| 单词 | writ of capias |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrit of capias A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; also called writ of capias. The term Capias includes writs of various kinds; capias ad respondendum, to enforce attendance at court; capias ad satisfaciendum, after judgement, to imprison the defendant, until the plaintiff's claim is satisfied; capias utlagatum, to arrest an outlawed person; capias in Withernam, to seize the cattle or goods of any one who has made an unlawful distraint (see withernam n.). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs ordering arrest writ of attachment1431 pluries capias1444 attachment?1448 pluries1465 capias1467 reattachment1528 manucaption1588 general warrant1657 ca. sa.1796 Border-warrant1816 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 390 That no seriaunt take..for servynge of a capias eny thynge but in maner folowynge. 1543 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 14 Payde for ij capias..vjd. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G4/1 A Capias from my Surgeon, and my Silke man. 1648 W. Prynne Plea for Lords 52 Walter Clerke..was arrested..upon a Capias Utlagatum. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 234 If his lordship had not appeared, a capias in Withernam would have gone out, whereon he must have been committed. 1689 E. Hickeringill Speech Without-doors ii 17 Excommunications, Capias's, Fines, and Imprisonments. 1812 W. Combe Tour Dr. Syntax xxv. 239 Near Clifford's-Inn appear'd to stand Of Capiases an ugly band. 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. 65 563/1 A distinguished general officer..who was just going out to India, and who had been stopped by a capias. < as lemmas |
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