Capite
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In old English law, a capite was a tenure, abolished by Act 12 Chas. II, xxiv., by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, either by knight's service or socage.[1]
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- ^ 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.
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