Definition
A legal warrant or court order commanding a law officer to seize a person or their property.
Etymology
From Latin capias, meaning 'you shall take,' the second person singular subjunctive of capere 'to seize or take.' It comes from English common law terminology, where Latin legal terms were standard in court documents.
Kelly Says
'Capias' is one of those Latin legal terms still used in American and English courts today—when someone gets a 'capias warrant,' it literally means a judge is ordering 'you shall take' that person into custody!
Translations
ARالعربية
capias
ka-pee-as
CACatalà
capias
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CSČeština
capias
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DEDeutsch
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ELΕλληνικά
capias
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ESEspañol
capias
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FRFrançais
capias
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HIहिन्दी
capias
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HUMagyar
capias
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IDBahasa Indonesia
capias
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ITItaliano
capias
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MSBahasa Melayu
capias
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MYမြန်မာ
capias
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NLNederlands
capias
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PLPolski
capias
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PTPortuguês
capias
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RORomână
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RUРусский
capias
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SVSvenska
capias
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SWKiswahili
capias
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TEతెలుగు
capias
ka-pee-as
TRTürkçe
capias
ka-pee-as
UKУкраїнська
capias
ka-pee-as
VITiếng Việt
capias
ka-pee-as