Carcer
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Burrill. CARCER AD HOMINES CUSTODIENdos, non ad puniendos, dari debet. A prison ought to be given to the custody, not the punishment of persons. Co. Litt. 260. See Dig. 48. 19. 8. 9. CARCER NON SUPPLICII CAUSA SED custodiae constitutus. A prison is ordained not for the sake of punishment, but of detention and guarding. Lofl Ft, 119.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe keeping, and not of punishment. Career ad homines custodiendos, non ad puniendos, dari debet; a prison should be used for keeping persons, not for punishing them. Co, Litt, 260 a. This sentence is taken from Bracton with a slight alteration. Career ad continendos et non puniendos haberi debeat. Bract, fol. 106. 2 Mason^s B. 616. See Prison, Gaol,