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Definition of Capiases
1. capias [n] - See also: capias
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capiases
Literary usage of Capiases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"19 On every indictment under the degree of capital, there must be three capiases
before the exigent shall be awarded. 423 How many capiases are required in ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer by Richard Burn, Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty (1837)
"14, is two capiases, and then an exigent. (Hales Sum. 209 ; 2 Haw. c. ... But if
a >ii/i¡l be returned on such a venire, then three capiases, that is, ..."
3. Term Reports in the Court of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford, Edward Hyde East (1817)
"If so, undoubtedly the stat. of 25 Ed. 3. which requires two capiases could not
extend to all Courts of oyer and terminer; and if it do not, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Sheriff Law: Containing the New Writs Under the New by George Atkinson (1839)
"25 Edw. 3, which requires two capiases could not extend to all Courts of oyer
and terminer ; and if it do not, it must necessarily be confined to the ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Texas by Alexander Melvorne Jackson (1885)
"Witness informed the county attorney of this occurrence, and hurried up the
issuance of the capiases, and placed them in the hands of the sheriff. ..."
6. National Bankruptcy Register Reports: Containing All the Important by William A. Shinn, Willard Smith Gibbons (1878)
"The capiases in these suits against the bankrupt were in due form. They did not
allege and swear to debts contracted in fraud, or under any of the ..."
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