Cepi corpus
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
/. I have taken the body. Cepi corpus et paratum babeo: I have taken the body and have it ready. These were the returns of a sheriff to a writ of capias when the party arrested was out on bail. If in actual custody, the return was cepi corpus et est in custodia.