Definition of caption

• n. - A caviling; a sophism.
• n. - The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
• 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.
• n. - The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
• n. - A caviling; a sophism.
• n. - The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
• 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.
• n. - The heading of a chapter, section, or page.