caption
    n 1: taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious
         argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply"
    2: translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program;
       usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn:
       subtitle, caption]
    3: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn:
       caption, legend]
    v 1: provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

Caption \Cap"tion\, n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses
   3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head.
   See Capacious.]
   1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]
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            This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial
      process. [R.] --Bouvier.
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   3. (Law) 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. --Bouvier.
      --Wharton.
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   4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]
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CAPTION, practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, 
indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was 
taken, found or executed. As to the forms and requisites of captions, see 1 
Murph. 281; 8 Yerg. 514; 4 Iredell, 113; 6 Miss,. 469; 1 Scam. 456; 5 How. 
Mis. 20; 6 Blackf. 299; 1 Hawks, 354; 1 Brev. 169. 
     2. In the English practice, when an inferior court in obedience to the 
writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the K. B., it is annexed to 
the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating, 
that "it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment 
thereto annexed," and the caption and indictment are returned on separate 
parchments. 1 Saund. 309, n. 2. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t. 
     3. Caption is another name for arrest. CAPTIVE. By this term is 
understood  one who has been taken; it is usually applied to prisoners of 
war. (q.v.) Although he has lost his liberty, a captive does not by his 
captivity lose his civil rights.