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Capias

//ˈkeɪ.pi.əs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Etymology

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

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