Ceorl

A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. A freeman of inferior rank occupied in husbandry. Spelman. Those who tilled the outlands paid rent; those who occupied or tilled the inlands, or demesne, rendered services. Under the Norman rule, this term, as did others which denoted workmen, especially those which applied to the conquered race, became a term of reproach, as is indicated by the popular signification of churl. Cowell; Spelman.

A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. A freeman of inferior rank occupied in husbandry. Spelruan, Gloss. Those who tilled the outlands paid rent; ' those who occupied or tilled the inlands, or demesne, rendered services. Under the Norman rule, this term, as did others which denoted workmen, especially those which applied to the conquered race, became a term of reproach, as is indicated by the popular signification of churl. Cowell; Spelman, Gloss. See 1 Poll. & Maitl. 8; 2 id. 458. CEPI (Lat). I have taken. It was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin; as, for example, cepi corpus et 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 he is sick ). CEPIT (Lat. capcre, to take; cepit, he took or has taken). A form of replevin which is brought for carrying away goods merely. Wells, Repl. § 53; Cummings v. Vorce, 3 Hiil (N. Y.) 282. Non detinet is not the proper answer to such a charge; Davis v. Calvert, 17 Ark. 85. And see Ford y. Ford, 3 Wis. 399. Success upon a non cepit does not entitle the defendant to a return of the property; Douglass v. Garrett, 5 Wis. S5. A plea of non cepit is not inconsistent with a plea showing property in a third person; Smith v. Morgan, 8 Gill (Md.) 133. A technical word necessary in an indictment for larceny. The charge must be that the defendant took the thing stolen with a felonious design. Bacon, Abr. Indictment, G., 1. CEPIT ET ABDUXIT (Lat). He took and led away. Applicable in a declaration in trespass or indictment for larceny where the defendant has taken away a living chattel. CEPIT ET ASPORTAVIT (Lat). He took and carried away. Applicable in a declaration in trespass or an indictment for larceny where the defendant has carried away goods without right. 4 Bla. Com. 231. See Carrying Away; Labceny. CEPIT IN ALIO LOCO (Lat he took in another place). A plea in replevin, by which, the defendant alleges that he took the thing replevied in another place than that mentioned in the declaration; 1 Chit. PI. 490; *• 2 id. 558; Rast Entr. 554, 555; Morris, Repl. 141; Wells, Repl. § 707. It is the usual plea where the defendant intends to avow or jus-

carl, churl, sax., Ceorlus, employed in husbandry; a

In Anglo Saxonlaw. The freemen were divided into two classes, —thanes and ceorls. The thanes were the proprietors of the soil, which was entirely at their disposal. The eeorls were men personally free, but possessing no landed property. Guizot, Rep. Govt. A tenant at will of free condition, who held land of the thane on condition of paying rent or services. Cowell. A freeman of inferior rank oceupied in husbandry. Spelman.

carl, churl, sax., Ceorlus, /. A freeman of inferior rank; a tenant at will by rents or services; a husbandman.

Carl, Churl. Sax. [L. Lat. ceorlus, cirlus, cirli9(M8,'\ A freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry; a husbimdman; (Lat. rusticus, paganu8,) Spelmauy voc. Ceorlus, LL, Inoe, cc. 88, 42, 62, cited ibid. A tenant at will of free condition, among the Anglo-Saxons, who held land from the thane, on condition of rents and services. Cotuell, voc. Churle. 1 Reeves' Hist, Eng. Law, 6. The ceorls are mentioned in the earliest Saxon codes, and in the later charters, under the names of cassati, mdnentes, and tributarii, 1 Spencers Chancery, 50, 61, and notes. Churlj one of the forms of this word, (and probably pronounced curl, with the ch hard,) has, like the correspondmg term vt7lain, among the Normans, become a term of reproach. Spelman ubi sup,