Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chapiter \Chap"i*ter\, n. [OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L.
   capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. {Capital}, {Chapter}.]
   1. (Arch.) A capital [Obs.] See {Chapital}. --Ex. xxxvi. 38.

   2. (Old Eng. Law) A summary in writing of such matters as are
      to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or
      justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; --
      also called {articles}. --Jacob.