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caput gerat lupinum

caput gerat lupinum (kap-[schwa]t jeer-[schwa]t loo-pI-n[schwa]m). [Latin “let him bear the head of a wolf”] Hist. An outlawed felon considered a pariah — a lone wolf — open to attack by anyone. See OUT-LAWRY. “He who breaks the law has gone to war with the community; the community goes to war with him. It is

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caput

caput (kap-[schwa]t), n. [Latin “head”] 1. Hist. A head, chief, or principal person. 2. Roman law. A person. 3. Roman law. A person’s condition or status. “A ‘natural,’ as opposed to an ‘artificial,’ person is such a human being as is regarded by the law as capable of rights or duties: in the language of

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