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Webster 1913 Edition
Chapiter
Chap′i-ter
,Noun.
2.
(Old Eng. Law)
A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; – also called
articles
. Jacob.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chapiter
CHAPITER
, n.1.
The upper part or capital of a column or pillar; a word used in the scriptures. [See Capital.]2.
That which is delivered by the mouth of the justice in his charge to the inquest.Definition 2024
chapiter
chapiter
English
Noun
chapiter (plural chapiters)
- (architecture) The 'capital' or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
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