capias

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=pi=as

CIDE DICTIONARY

capias, n. [L. thou mayst take.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
" 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. "  Burrill. Wharton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

capias, n. Law a writ ordering the arrest of the person named.

Etymology

L, = you are to seize, f. capere take