Caption in United States
Caption Definition
(1) A taking, or seizing; an arrest. The word is no longer used in this sense.
(2) The heading of a legal instrument in which is shown when, where, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed. Principally used in respect to indictments. See, as to requisites, 8 Gray (Mass.) 454; 1 South. (N. J.) 46. This meaning, now the general one, is not justified by the derivation, which is from capere, to take, and not from caput, a head. In the English practice, when an inferior court, in obedience to the writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the king’s bench, it is annexed to the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating that it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment thereto annexed, and the caption and indictment are returned on separate parchments. 1 Wm. Saund. 309, note 2.
Caption in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Caption | Caption in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Caption | Caption in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Caption | Caption in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Caption | Caption in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Caption | Caption in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Caption | Caption in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Caption | Caption in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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| Caption in the Dictionaries | Caption in our legal dictionaries |
| http://lawi.us/caption | The URI of Caption (more about URIs) |
| Caption related entries | Find related entries of Caption |
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(1) A taking, or seizing; an arrest. The word is no longer used in this sense.
(2) The heading of a legal instrument in which is shown when, where, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed. Principally used in respect to indictments. See, as to requisites, 8 Gray (Mass.) 454; 1 South. (N. J.) 46. This meaning, now the general one, is not justified by the derivation, which is from capere, to take, and not from caput, a head. In the English practice, when an inferior court, in obedience to the writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the king’s bench, it is annexed to the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating that it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment thereto annexed, and the caption and indictment are returned on separate parchments. 1 Wm. Saund. 309, note 2.
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Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982
Caption of Legal Document or Court Paper
The heading that is written on a legal document or court paper. The caption consists of the following parts: (a) Jurisdiction and venue. Usually the jurisdiction, that is, the name of the court in which the case is brought, and the venue are recited together in In a few states the venue is recited separately from the jurisdiction, (b) Title of the case. This gives the names and designations of the various parties to the action. The heading that appears on the summons and complaint is used throughout the action until it is appealed, unless (1) there should be a change of parties by amendment, or (2) there is more than one plaintiff or defendant. In the latter case, it is necessary to show only the first named plaintiff and the first named defendant, followed by appropriate words indicating that there are others, such as et al., et ux., et vir. (c) Index number. The index, docket, or action number is assigned by the clerk of the court (in U.S. law).
Caption of Abstract
An abstract of title, as i: relates to real estate, will normally begin with the caption sheet. The caption sheet generally shows the exact description of the property covered by the abstract. As the lands covered by the abstract are increased or decreased, the caption of the abstract will be changed. It is common practice, when this is done, to change the caption sheet of the abstract. However, in some areas, a new caption sheet will be entered inside the body of the abstract, and the abstractor may or may not note on the original caption sheet that a new caption has been inserted. When an attorney is examining the abstract, the attorney will find the new caption sheet and will alert all parties dealing with the title to the land that the description of land is to be taken from the new caption sheet and will generally refer to the page number of the abstract where the new caption sheet is located.
Caption of Case on Appeal
The part of a motion (see motion (in U.S. law)) or brief (see more here) that gives the name of the parties (see parties (in U.S. law) to an Appeal) and the name of the apellate court (in U.S. law) where the appeal (in U.S. law) is being made. When the record on appeal (in U.S. law) is filed with the appellate court, the caption has changed from what is was in the lower court. The new caption indicates the name of the appellate court, and the designation of the parties show their appellate status. The lower court’s index number (see clerk of the court (in U.S. law)) of the case is no longer indicated.
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Meaning of Cap
tion
In plain or simple terms, Caption means: The heading or introductory clause of papers connected with a case in court, which shows the names of the parties, name of the court, docket number of the case, etc.
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Further Reading (Articles)
Caption Quality, Hearing Loss Magazine; March 1, 2009; Hamlin, Lise
Patent Issued for Caption Presentation Method and Apparatus Using Same, Journal of Engineering; September 26, 2012
“Non-Closed Caption Data Transport in Standard Caption Service” in Patent Application Approval Process, Computer Weekly News; October 17, 2013
Effects of Expanded and Standard Captions on Deaf College Students’ Comprehension of Educational Videos, American Annals of the Deaf; October 1, 2013; Stinson, Michael S. Stevenson, Susan
Type in Use; Captions, Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management; October 1, 1988; White, Alex
CAPTION WRITER LETS YOU STORE, PRINT TV CLOSED CAPTIONS, Post-Tribune (IN); December 2, 1993
Those Curious Captions: The Words beneath a Visual Are Often the First a Reader Reads, Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management; June 1, 2008; Brandy, John
Patent Issued for Method, System and Apparatus for Uploading and Downloading a Caption File, Journal of Technology; December 10, 2013
Patent Issued for Temporally Consistent Caption Detection on Videos Using a 3D Spatiotemporal Method, Journal of Engineering; January 30, 2013
Capture it all with a captivating caption!, Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka); May 15, 2012
“Digital Broadcast Receiver and Method for Processing Caption Thereof” in Patent Application Approval Process, Politics & Government Week; September 19, 2013
Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Recorder for Digital Caption Broadcast”, for Approval, Politics & Government Week; November 28, 2013
Patent Application Titled “Method, Terminal and System for Caption Transmission in Telepresence” Published Online, Politics & Government Week; May 16, 2013
U.S. TV networks pressed to add captions online, too ; Disability advocates want same access on Web as they have in broadcasts, International Herald Tribune; June 21, 2010; BRIAN STELTER
MacCaption + AJA + FCP 7 Deliver HD Closed Captions., Computer Weekly News; August 20, 2009
Patent Issued for Picture Overlay of Captions on Video Via out of Band Communication, Computer Weekly News; March 6, 2014
“Dynamic Media Captions in a Social Network Environment” in Patent Application Approval Process, Computer Weekly News; October 10, 2013
Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Picture Overlay of Captions on Video Via out of Band Communication”, for Approval, Politics & Government Week; December 26, 2013
“System and Method for Displaying Captions” in Patent Application Approval Process, Politics & Government Week; November 28, 2013
The Effects of Captions on Deaf Students’ Content Comprehension, Cognitive Load, and Motivation in Online Learning, American Annals of the Deaf; July 1, 2011; Yoon, Joong-o Kim, Minjeong
Caption in the Context of Law Research
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Caption as: A heading on all pleadings submitted to the court. It states basic information such as the parties names, court and case number.Legal research resources, including Caption, help to identify the law that governs an activity and to find materials that explain that law.
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