Property is in the custody of the law when it has been lawfully taken by authority of legal process and remains in the possession of a public officer (as a sheriff) or an officer of a court (as. a receiver) empowered by law to hold it.
Property is in the custody of the law when it has been lawfully taken by authority of legal process and remains in the possession of a public officer (as a sheriff) or an officer of a court (as. a receiver) empowered by law to hold it.