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Caput lupinum

Caput lupinum, a wolf's head. An outlawed felon was said to

Caput anni, the first day of the year.

Caput baroni', the castle or chief seat of a baron.

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Caput jejunii, the beginning of the Lent Fast, i.e., Ash Wednesday.

Caput mortuum, dead; obsolete.

Lupinum caput gerere, to be outlawed, and have one's head exposed like

Noxa sequitur caput. Jus. Civ, (Guilt follows the person.)

Rex est caput et salus reipublica (4 Co. 124), the king is the

Utlagatus est quasi extra legem positus: caput gerit lupinum (7 Rep. 14), an outlaw is, as it

capitation [Late Latin capitatio, from Latin caput head] 1 : a direct uniform tax imposed on each

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