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Recent Examples of capias
While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
—Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
Even without the capias, whether the Sheriff’s Office should have known to hold Vail remains in dispute.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2019
Without a capias, jail officials had no indication there was any reason to hold Vail once the original charge was dropped, so he was freed from jail.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
The Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, faulted the clerk for failing to provide a capias.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
He was also booked on four court capias warrants, generally issued for failure to appear in court.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
—Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
Even without the capias, whether the Sheriff’s Office should have known to hold Vail remains in dispute.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2019
Without a capias, jail officials had no indication there was any reason to hold Vail once the original charge was dropped, so he was freed from jail.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
The Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, faulted the clerk for failing to provide a capias.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
He was also booked on four court capias warrants, generally issued for failure to appear in court.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capias
Noun
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Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko has called for fair adjustments, emphasizing the warrants’ incompatibility with Ukraine’s post-invasion economic realities.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Now They're All Convicted All four surrendered themselves willingly after learning warrants had been place for their arrest on April, reports The Jonesboro Sun.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This includes the sacred right to petition for habeas corpus, the ancient writ that allows a person to challenge unlawful detention.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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This premise allows the author to examine immigration writ large from several angles: the idealistic welcomers, the indignant opponents and the impatient immigrants themselves.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Capias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capias. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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