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Cepi corpus
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Cepi corpusPractice. The return which the sheriff, or otherproper officer, makes when he has arrested a defendant by virtue of a capias.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Return
Contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Capias
Practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Several writs and processes, commanding the sheriff to take the person of the defendant, are known by the name of capias.
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Cepi
A Latin word signifying I have taken.
Cepit
Took. This is a technical word, which cannot be supplied by any other in an indictment for larceny.
Cepit et abduxit
He took and led away.
Cepit et asportavit
Took and carried away.
Cepit in alio loco
Pleadings. He took in another place.
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Centime
The name of a French money; the one hundredth part of a franc.
Central
Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre
Centumviri
Civil law. The citizens of Rome were distributed into thirty-five tribes, and three persons out of each tribe were elected judges, who were called centumviri, although they were one hundred and five in number.
Century
Civil law. One hundred.
Cepi
A Latin word signifying I have taken.
Cepi corpus
Cepit
Took. This is a technical word, which cannot be supplied by any other in an indictment for larceny.
Cepit et abduxit
He took and led away.
Cepit et asportavit
Took and carried away.
Cepit in alio loco
Pleadings. He took in another place.
Certificate
Practice. A writing made in any court, and properly authenticated, to give notice to another court of anything done therein; or it is a writing by which an officer or other person bears testimony that a fact has or has not taken place.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Return
Contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Capias
Practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Several writs and processes, commanding the sheriff to take the person of the defendant, are known by the name of capias.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Cepi
A Latin word signifying I have taken.
Cepit
Took. This is a technical word, which cannot be supplied by any other in an indictment for larceny.
Cepit et abduxit
He took and led away.
Cepit et asportavit
Took and carried away.
Cepit in alio loco
Pleadings. He took in another place.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Centime
The name of a French money; the one hundredth part of a franc.
Central
Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre
Centumviri
Civil law. The citizens of Rome were distributed into thirty-five tribes, and three persons out of each tribe were elected judges, who were called centumviri, although they were one hundred and five in number.
Century
Civil law. One hundred.
Cepi
A Latin word signifying I have taken.
Cepi corpus
Cepit
Took. This is a technical word, which cannot be supplied by any other in an indictment for larceny.
Cepit et abduxit
He took and led away.
Cepit et asportavit
Took and carried away.
Cepit in alio loco
Pleadings. He took in another place.
Certificate
Practice. A writing made in any court, and properly authenticated, to give notice to another court of anything done therein; or it is a writing by which an officer or other person bears testimony that a fact has or has not taken place.
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