Definition of Capite. Meaning of Capite. Synonyms of Capite

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Definition of Capite

Capite
Capite Cap"i*te, n. [L., abl. of caput head.] See under Tenant.

Meaning of Capite from wikipedia

- In old English law, a capite (from Latin caput, head) was a tenure in subinfeudation, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king,...
- Capite censi were the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome, people not of the nobility or middle classes. The term in Latin means "those counted by...
- Sylvester the First, also known as (Italian: San Silvestro in Capite, Latin: Sancti Silvestri in Capite), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church...
- Per capita is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person". The term is used in a wide variety...
- Mike DeCapite is an American writer whose published work includes the novels Through the Windshield and Jacket Weather, the chapbooks Sitting Pretty and...
- Plecto Aliquem Capite is a noise black metal band based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, formed in 2008. Buddhika Karunasekara and Nightmare formed the band in 2008...
- officiants pra****, sacrificed, offered libations, and practiced augury capite velato, "with the head covered" by a fold of the toga drawn up from the...
- The median income is the income amount that divides a po****tion into two equally-sized groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having...
- knights and soldiers for the king's feudal army. The Latin term was tenens in capite. Other names for tenant-in-chief were "captal" or baron, although the latter...
- The jus spolii (also called jus exuviarum or rapite capite), the Latin for right of spoil, was a claim of succession to the property of deceased clerics...