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Definition of caption:

A caviling; a sophism.
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.

Synonyms:

backdate, wisecrack, heading, subtitle, pun, fable, fill in, title, enter, innuendo, memorandum, witticism, IOU, annotate, enshrine, complete, jottings, address, message, inscription, punch line, note, legend, rubric, headline, wordplay, one-liner, header, minute, date, cutline, chit, fill out, joke, a play on words, memo, head.

Usage examples:

The caption over them read, " Correct Way to Board Car, Says Basine."

- "Gargoyles", Ben Hecht.
If he could return to this sphere and behold the enormously increased number of women bibliophiles in our country at the present time, the subject would doubtless furnish him with a congenial theme for another of his rambling discourses, this time perhaps under the caption of Bibliowomania.

- "Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs", Henry H. Harper.
This petition, sir, was well described by the Senator from Pennsylvania as being spurious; and I have been assured of the fact, from other sources of information, that petitions are sent round in reference to other subjects- of temperance, generally- and, after a long list of names has been obtained, the caption is cut off, and the list of signatures attached to an abolition caption and sent here to excite one section of the Union against the other, to disturb the country, and distract the legislation of Congress, to execute which we have our seats in this Chamber.

- "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis.