CERTA DEBET ESSE INTENTIO
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
forms: Ceps corpus, I have taken the body, i. e., arrested the body of the defendant; Cept corpus et bail, I have taken the body and released the defendant on a bail-bond; Cepé corpus et committstur, I have taken the body and he has been committed (to prison); Cepi corpus et est in oustodia, I have taken the defendant and he is in custody; Oepi corpus et est languidus, I have taken the defendant and he is sick, i. e., so sick that he cannot safely be removed from the place where the arrest was made ; ra corpus et paratum habeo, I have taken the body and have it (him) ready, i. e., in. custody and ready to be produced when ordered..
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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