1. (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page; an explanation for a picture or illustration\.

2. (n.) A caviling; a sophism.

3. (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.

4. (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.

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