Dictionary - Definition of CAPITE

Definition: CAPITE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "under Tenant": The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Capite" is a common misspelling or typo for: capital, captive, campsite, capitol, capote, capotes.

Date "Capite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1402. (references)

Etymology:Capite \Cap"i*te\, noun. [Latin expression, abl. of caput head.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CAPITE

Domain	Definition
Law	CAPITE, descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said to take place when every one of the kindred in equal degree, and not jure representationis, receive an equal part of an estate. (references)
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Common Expressions: CAPITE

Expressions	Definition
Tenant in capite	[L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], or Tenant in chief , by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. --Blackstone. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: CAPITE

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Capite Censi	Literature	The lowest rank of Roman citizens; so called because they were counted simply by the poll, as they had no taxable property. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Extended Definition: CAPITE

Capite

In old English law, a capite was a tenure, abolished by Act 12 Chas. II, xxiv., by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, either by knight's service or socage.^[1]

References

John Davies (1762). A Report of Cases and Matters of Law Resolved and Adjudged in the King's Courts in Ireland. Original from the University of Michigan.

This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Capite". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: CAPITE
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
San Silvestro in Capite	9	Capite	6
Capite	6	Capite censi	3
Capite censi	3	San Silvestro in Capite	9
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