Bible Dictionaries
Capias

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

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