Definition for CA-PI-TA'TION

CA-PI-TA'TION, n. [L. capitatio, from caput, the head.]

  1. Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons. – Brown.
  2. A tax, or imposition upon each head or person; a poll-tax. Sometimes written Capitation-tax. – Encyc.

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