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Cepit et abduxit

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

He took and led away.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

He took and led away. The empbatic words in writs in trespass or indictments for larceny, where the thing taken was a living chattel, i. e., an animal.

Defined under Cepit in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

He tock and led away. ‘The emphatic words in writs in trespass or indictments for larceny, where the thing taken was a living chattel, ¢. e., an animal,