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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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Search warrant The warrant authorizing immigration agents to search the restaurants, signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Teresa James on July 16, did not list any names.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Chief State’s Attorney’s office did not release the arrest warrants detailing the specific allegations against the four new defendants.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
31 July 2025
Noun
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As loose ends from the cast’s New Jersey adventure continue to be tied up, Brooks meets up with Ava, whose absence from the trip (and show writ large, to be honest) is under investigation.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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The eternal optimist: Kevin Hassett While Hassett has served a variety of economic roles in both of Trump’s administrations, he’s shared one major goal among them: tout the benefits of the president’s agenda when markets and the country writ large are doubting it.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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“Capias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capias. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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