Legal Definition and Related Resources of Accapitare, acapitare, or acaptare
Meaning of Accapitare, acapitare, or acaptare
(Law Lat.) From caput, head, or chief.
(1) To pay homage to a chief lord, on becoming his vassal. Bracton, fol. 78n; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 16, § 6,
(2) To acknowledge the sovereignty of a chief lord in special cases, as against a mesne; to attorn (acapitare et se atturnare). Bracton, fol. 389a; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 16, § 38; Id. lib. 6, c. 28, § 1.
(3) To attorn to another person than the chief lord, and in derogation of his rights. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50, § 16.
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