capias

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English

WOTD – 20 April 2012

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkapɪəs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.pi.əs/, /ˈkæ.pi.əs/

Noun

capias (plural capiases)

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

Usage notes

  • The term is mostly used in the singular.

Translations

arrest warrant — see arrest warrant

Latin

Verb

capiās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of capiō
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