capias

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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. 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 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
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Noun
  • Brown was served with an arrest warrant for murder after being discharged from the hospital following treatment for non-life-threatening injuries sustained at the time of the incident.
    Jenna Sundel Andrew Stanton Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Typically, a warrant is directed at a person or a group suspected of having committed a specific crime.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In total, Jihan’s film is both an act of remembrance and resistance writ large.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That savagery left its mark in him, eroding his faith in poetry and speech writ large.
    Huda Fakhreddine August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Capias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capias. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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