CAPIAS

Etymology

Noun

capias (plural capiases)

(legal) An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. [from 15th c.]

Usage notes

• The term is mostly used in the singular.

Source: Wiktionary

Ca"pi*as, n. Etym: [L. thou mayst take.] (Low)

Definition: 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.

Note: One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. Burrill. Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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