caption

4 definitions found

caption - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caption \Cap"tion\, n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses
     3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head.
     See Capacious.]
     1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]
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              This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial
        process. [R.] --Bouvier.
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     3. (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission,
        indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what
        authority, it was taken, found, or executed. --Bouvier.
        --Wharton.
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     4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
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caption - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caption
      n 1: taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious
           argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
      2: translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program;
         usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn:
         subtitle, caption]
      3: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn:
         caption, legend]
      v 1: provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

caption - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CAPTION, practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, 
  indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was 
  taken, found or executed. As to the forms and requisites of captions, see 1 
  Murph. 281; 8 Yerg. 514; 4 Iredell, 113; 6 Miss,. 469; 1 Scam. 456; 5 How. 
  Mis. 20; 6 Blackf. 299; 1 Hawks, 354; 1 Brev. 169. 
       2. In the English practice, when an inferior court in obedience to the 
  writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the K. B., it is annexed to 
  the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating, 
  that "it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment 
  thereto annexed," and the caption and indictment are returned on separate 
  parchments. 1 Saund. 309, n. 2. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t. 
       3. Caption is another name for arrest. CAPTIVE. By this term is 
  understood  one who has been taken; it is usually applied to prisoners of 
  war. (q.v.) Although he has lost his liberty, a captive does not by his 
  captivity lose his civil rights. 
  
  

caption - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "caption":
     banner, banner head, drop head, dropline, epigraph, hanger, head,
     head up, heading, headline, jump head, legend, motto, overline,
     rubric, running head, running title, scarehead, screamer, spread,
     spreadhead, streamer, subhead, subheading, subtitle,
     superscription, title, title page, underline