Capite

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In old English law, a capite (from Latin caput, head) was a tenure, abolished by Act 12 Chas. II, xxiv., (Tenures Abolition Act 1660) by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, either by knight-service or socage.[1] A holder of a capite is termed a Tenant-in-chief.

References

  1. ↑ John Davies (1762). A Report of Cases and Matters of Law Resolved and Adjudged in the King's Courts in Ireland. Original from the University of Michigan. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. 

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