In old English law, a capite, from the Latin caput meaning head, was a tenure in subinfeudation by which either a person or land was held immediately of the king or of his crown, either by knight-service or by socage. The holder of a capite is termed a tenant-in-chief. Tenures in capite were abolished by the Tenures Abolition Act 1660. The term therefore belongs to the historical law of feudal land tenure in England, where holding land directly of the Crown distinguished a tenant-in-chief from those who held through an intermediate lord.
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In old English law, a capite (from Latin caput, head) was a tenure in subinfeudation, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, either by knight-service or socage.
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In old English law, a capite (from Latin caput, head) was a tenu
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