1) Court writ 2) Legal writ of arrest
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writ authorizing the arrest of a person
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• (n.) 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.
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Another term for arrest warrant.
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Ca'pi·as noun [ Latin thou mayst take.]
(Low) 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 . » One principal kind of
capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently co...
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This word, the signification of which is 'that you take,' is applicable to many heads of practice. Several writs and processes commanding the sheriff to take the person of the defendant are known by the name of capias. For example: there are writs of capias ad respondendum, writs of capias ad computandum, writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, etc., ea...
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