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The following 3 entries include the term Capite.
in capite
adjective: holding immediately of one's lord
praecipe in capite
noun: a writ of right issuing from a Chancery Court in aid of a disseized tenant of land in chief holding immediately of the crown compare praecipe sense 1
tenant in capite
: a feudal tenant holding immediately of his lord and especially of the crown
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