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(n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; - also called writ of capias.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Capias'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/capias.html. 1828.
 
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