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 […]