CAPTION

caption. Caption, n. a taking, signing of a commission, preamble

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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. 1. A caviling; a sophism.
This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. Bacon. 2. 2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. Bouvier.
3. 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.
4. 4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page.