CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM
\kˈe͡ɪpi͡əz ɪn wˈɪðənˌɑːm], \kˈeɪpiəz ɪn wˈɪðənˌɑːm], \k_ˈeɪ_p_iə_z ɪ_n w_ˈɪ_ð_ə_n_ˌɑː_m]\
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Practice. A writ issued after a return of elongata or eloigned has been made to a writ of retorno habendo, commanding the sheriff to take so many of the distrainer's goods by way of reprisal, as will equal the goods mentioned in the retorno habendo. 2 Inst. 140; F. N. B. 68; and see form in 2 Sell. Pr. 169.
By John Bouvier
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.