Capitulary

[capitularium, from Lat. capitulum, a small head, a chapter, dim. of caput, head, chapter.]

1. An act passed in a chapter, either of knights, canons, or religious.
2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.
3. A collection of laws or statutes; — so called as being in chapters or sections.

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies repeat complaints of these exactions. Hallam. 4. The member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.