cepit et abduxit

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cepit et abduxit - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CEPIT ET ABDUXIT. He took and led away. These words are applied to cases of 
  trespass or larceny, where the defendant took a living chattel, and led it 
  away. It is used in contradistinction to took and carried away, cepit et 
  asportavit. (q.v.)