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Recent Examples of capias
While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
—Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
Even without the capias, whether the Sheriff’s Office should have known to hold Vail remains in dispute.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2019
Without a capias, jail officials had no indication there was any reason to hold Vail once the original charge was dropped, so he was freed from jail.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
The Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, faulted the clerk for failing to provide a capias.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
He was also booked on four court capias warrants, generally issued for failure to appear in court.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
—Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
Even without the capias, whether the Sheriff’s Office should have known to hold Vail remains in dispute.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2019
Without a capias, jail officials had no indication there was any reason to hold Vail once the original charge was dropped, so he was freed from jail.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
The Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, faulted the clerk for failing to provide a capias.
—Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 19 June 2019
He was also booked on four court capias warrants, generally issued for failure to appear in court.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capias
Noun
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The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection officers were executing warrants at the marijuana grow sites and were met with hundreds of protesters.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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The operation appears to directly violate a court injunction issued in April to require warrants by Border Patrol, according to two law professors.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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This expansion beyond rooms and suites is a marker of a wider shift in luxury writ large.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
19 July 2025
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Crime writ large in the downtown neighborhood is down 6% year-to-date.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
16 July 2025
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“Capias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capias. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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