In Custodia Legis
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the custody of the law. A term applied to property which has been lawfully seized by or committed to the care of an officer of a court for some purpose incident to an action. 10 Pet. (U. court received money paid in to keep a tender good, without an order to that effect, it was held that the money was not in eustodia legis. 49 Minn. 133.