cepi

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cepi - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CEPI. A Latin word signifying I have taken. Cepi corpus, I have taken the 
  body; cepi and B. B., I have taken the body and discharged him on bail bond; 
  cepi corpus et est in custodia, I have taken the body and it is in custody; 
  cepi corpus, et est languidus, I have taken the body of, &c. and he is sick. 
  These are some of the various returns made by the sheriff to a writ of 
  capias.