What does "capias" mean?

An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.

What is a synonym for "capias"?

Common synonyms include: caveat, injunction, interdict, mandate, notice, notification.

/ˈkeɪ.pi.əs/ noun

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Noun

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An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
"All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse."

"All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse."

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