cepi corpus

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

  CEPI CORPUS, practice. The return which the sheriff, or other proper officer,
  
  makes when he has arrested a defendant by virtue of a capias. 3 Bouv. Inst. 
  n. 2804. See Capias. F. N. B. 26.