English Explanatory Dictionary

capite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.

Word forms

capite capites

Etymology

From Latin caput (“head”).

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