government; the place where the legislative department holds its sessions, and where the chief offices of the executive are located.

persons, places, judicial proceedings, and some kinds of property. —Oapitalis baro. In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis baro scaccarii domini regis, chief baron of the exchequer. Townsh. Pl. 211. —Capitalis custos. hief warden or magistrate; mayor. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 64, § 2.—Capitalis debitor. The chief or principal debtor, as distinguished from a pee 0 ae aaa italis dominus. Chief lord. leta, lib. 1, c. 12, § 4; Id. c. 28 § 5—Capitalis justiciarius. The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and ardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This office originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was atly diminished by Afagna Charta, and final- , distributed among several courts by Edward . Spelman; 3 Bl. Comm. 88.—Capitalis justicilarius ad placita coram rope tenenda. Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. The title of the chief justice of the king’s bench, first assumed in the latter part of the