Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAP'TION, n.¹ [L. captio, from capio, to seize.]

1. The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process. [Little used.]
2. A certificate signed by commissioners in chancery, declaring when and where the commission was executed. – Ash.
3. A preamble.
4. In Scots law, a writ issued at the instance of a creditor, commanding an officer to take and imprison the debtor, till he pays the debt.