Etymology

capias

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Today it means: An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. Full definition →

First used 15th c.Latin capiās
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcapiās“you should seize, you are to seize”
  2. English todaycapias

Borrowed from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 15th c. An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.

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