Cepit
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
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He took
Replevin in the cepit: when brought for the taking only, not the keeping; v. Replevin, Deiinet. Cepit in alio loco (he took in another place): the plea in replevin when the defendant intended to avow and claim a return. Cepit et abduxit (he took and led away): emphatic words in a writ of trespass brought for et