CAPTATION

captation (kap-tay-sh<<schwa>>n).Civil law. Coercion of a testator resulting in the substitution of another person’s desires for those of the testator. • The term formerly applied to the first stage of a hypnotic trance. Cf. UNDUE INFLUENCE . [Cases: Wills  154. C.J.S. Wills § 345.] [Blacks Law 8th]