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Capias Ad Respondendum

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

capias ad respondendum


or
capias

n
[Medieval Latin, you may seize (the person) to (make him/her) answer the charge]
: a writ or process commanding an officer to place a person under civil arrest in order to answer a charge




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