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Lat. I have taken. This word was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin, and particularly in the return to a writ of capias. forms: Cepi corpus, I have taken the body, L e., arrested the body of the defendant; Cepi corpus et bail, I have taken the body and released the defendant on a bail bond; Cept corpus et commitMur, I have taken the body and … [Read more...] about CEPI

In, pleading. Distinctness ; clearness of statement; particularity. Such precision and explicitness in the statement of alleged facts that the pleader's averments and contention may be readily understood by the pleader on the other side, as well as by the court and jury. State v. Hayward, 83 Mo. 309; State v. Burke, 151 Mo. 143, 52 S. W. 226; David v. David, 66 Ala. 148. This … [Read more...] about CERTAINTY

practice. The return which the sheriff, or other proper officer, makes when he has arrested a defendant by virtue of a capias. … [Read more...] about CEPI CORPUS

contracts. In matters of obligation, a thing is certain, when its essence, quality, and quantity, are described, distinctly set forth. It is uncertain, when the description is not that of one individual object, but designates only the kind. Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the law aims at certainty. His compensation for his servicer, shall not exceed two … [Read more...] about CERTAINTY and UNCERTAINTY

A hundred. A district or division containing originally a hundred freemen, established among the Goths, Germans, Franks, and Lombards, for military and civil purposes, and answering to the Saxon "hundred." Spelman; 1 Bl. Comm. 115. Also, in old records and pleadings, a hundred weight. … [Read more...] about CENTENA