— capitulatory /keuh pich"euh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
/keuh pich'euh lay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of capitulating.
2. the document containing the terms of a surrender.
3. a list of the headings or main divisions of a subject; a summary or enumeration.
4. Often, capitulations . a treaty or agreement by which subjects of one country residing or traveling in another are extended extraterritorial rights or special privileges, esp. such a treaty between a European country and the former Ottoman rulers of Turkey.
[ 1525-35; capitulation- (s. of capitulatio ). See CAPITULATE, -ION ]