ɪn ɑːɹkˈeɪɪk ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ lˈɔː, ɐ kˈeɪp wʌzɐ dʒuːdˈɪʃəl ɹˈɪt kənsˈɜːnɪŋ ɐ plˈiː ʌv lˈændz ænd tˈɛnəmənts; sˌoʊ kˈɔːld, æz mˈoʊst ɹˈɪts ɑːɹ, fɹʌmðə wˈɜːd wˌɪtʃ kˈæɹid ðə tʃˈiːf ɪntˈɛnʃən ʌvðə ɹˈɪt.
In archaic English law, a cape was a judicial writ concerning a plea of lands and tenements; so called, as most writs are, from the word which carried the chief intention of the writ.