- Cepi corpus et est in custodia
- I have taken the body and it is in custody;-a form of return of an officer upon executing a writ for the seizure of a person.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Cepi corpus et est in custodia
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cepi — /siypay/ I have taken. This word was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin, and particularly in the return to a writ of capias. The full return (in Latin) to a writ of capias was commonly made in one of the… … Black's law dictionary
cepi — /siypay/ I have taken. This word was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin, and particularly in the return to a writ of capias. The full return (in Latin) to a writ of capias was commonly made in one of the… … Black's law dictionary
