Cepi
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
a latin word signifying I have taken. Cepi corpus, I have taken the body; cepi corpus and B. B., I have taken the body and discharged him on bail bond; cepi corpus et est in custodia, I have taken the body and it is in custody; cepi corpus, et est languidus, I have taken the body and it is sick. These are various returns made by the sheriff to a writ of capias, or process of like nature. CEPI CORPUS, in practice, is the return which the sheriff, or other proper officer, makes when he has arrested a defendant by virtue of a capias.
See Capias.
F. N. B. 26.