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Capite
In old
English law
, a
capite
(from Latin
caput
, head) was a
tenure
, abolished by Act 12 Chas. II, xxiv. (
Tenures Abolition Act 1660
), by which either person or
land
was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, either by
knight-service
or
socage
. A holder of a capite is termed a
tenant-in-chief
.
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