See Also: caption(dictionary)
caption(dictionary)
Caption(law)
CAPTION, practice(law)

caption (iou)



caption noun & verb. LME.
[Latin captio(n-), from capt- pa. ppl stem of capere seize: see -ION.]
A. noun.
a. Seizure, capture, taking. Now rare or obsolete in gen. sense. LME.
b. Law (orig. Scot., now Hist.). Arrest or seizure under civil process; a warrant for the civil arrest of a debtor. L15.
A captious argument; a cavil. Now rare. L16.
Law. A certificate attached to or written on a legal instrument detailing before whom it was made. L17.
A heading of a chapter, article, etc.; wording appended to an illustration, cartoon, etc.; a (cinema or television) subtitle. Orig. US. L18.
b. verb trans. Provide with (as) a caption; entitle. E20.