Carcer
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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.