CAPUT CAPUT, a Latin word signifying the head, chief, &c. CAPUT Baronie, the head of the barony, in ancient customs, denotes the chief seat or castle of a nobleman, where he held his court. It was sometimes also called caput honoris, or the head of the honour. The caput baroniae could not be settled in dowry, nor divided among the daughters in case there were no son to inherit, but descended entire to the eldest daughter, ceteris filiabus aliunde satisfactis.