IN CUSTODIA LEGIS

in custodia legis (in k<<schwa>>-stoh-dee-<<schwa>> lee-jis). [Latin] In the custody of the law <the debtor’s automobile was in custodia legis after being seized by the sheriff>. • The phrase is traditionally used in reference to property taken into the court’s charge during pending litigation over it. — Also termed in legal custody. [Cases: Attachment 64; Execution 55; Garnishment 58. C.J.S. Attachment § 60; Executions § 56.]

[Blacks Law 8th]