capias

noun /ˈkapɪəs/

1. An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.

   All which when Cupid heard, he by and by / In great displeasure wild a Capias / Should issue forth t'attach that scornefull lasse.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”), from capiō (“to seize”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry capias (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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