On April 5, 1956, the hundredth anniversary of Washington's birth, the house where he was born in Franklin County, Virginia, was designated as the Booker T. Washington National Monument.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Capias(noun) a writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
A capias warrant should be considered a writ of arrest. In most instances, a capias warrant is issued in connection with failure to appear before court in a criminal case. A defendant who fails to appear at a criminal court proceeding, for example, could expect a capias warrant to be issued for his or her arrest.