Cepit et abduxit
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.)
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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For example, when Thomas Walsshman, a tailor, entered the home of Stephen Irish, he is said to have taken and abducted and raped (
cepit et abduxit et rapuit) both Stephen's wife, Alice, and his goods to a value of forty pounds.
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