Caput in United States
Caput Definition
In Civil Law. Status; a person’s civil condition. According to the Roman law, three elements concurred to form the status or caput of the citizen, namely, liberty, libertas, citizenship, civitas, and family, familia. At Common Law. A head. Chiefly used in phrases, thus: Caput comitatis, the head of the county; the sheriff; the king. Spelman. Caput anni, the beginning of the year. Cowell. Caput legis, a head of the law; caput villae, the chief man of a town; caput feudi vel terrae, the head or chief lord of lands hald by feudal tenure; caput baroniae, the castle, manor house, or chief seat of a baron. Bracton, fol. 76b.
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In Civil Law. Status; a person’s civil condition. According to the Roman law, three elements concurred to form the status or caput of the citizen, namely, liberty, libertas, citizenship, civitas, and family, familia. At Common Law. A head. Chiefly used in phrases, thus: Caput comitatis, the head of the county; the sheriff; the king. Spelman. Caput anni, the beginning of the year. Cowell. Caput legis, a head of the law; caput villae, the chief man of a town; caput feudi vel terrae, the head or chief lord of lands hald by feudal tenure; caput baroniae, the castle, manor house, or chief seat of a baron. Bracton, fol. 76b.
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