In Capite in United States
In Capite Definition
(Lat.) In chief. A tenant in capite was one who held directly of the crown (2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 60), whether by knight’s service or socaga But tenure in capite was of two kinds, general and special; the first from the king (caput regni), the second from a lord (caputfeudi). A holding of an honor in king’s lands, but not immediately of him, was yet a holding in capite. Kitch. Cts. 127; Dyer, 44; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 5. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24.
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(Lat.) In chief. A tenant in capite was one who held directly of the crown (2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 60), whether by knight’s service or socaga But tenure in capite was of two kinds, general and special; the first from the king (caput regni), the second from a lord (caputfeudi). A holding of an honor in king’s lands, but not immediately of him, was yet a holding in capite. Kitch. Cts. 127; Dyer, 44; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 5. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24.
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