Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Fortior est custodia legis quam hominis.

The custody of the law is stronger than that of man.

custodia legis

See IN CUSTODIA LEGIS,

in custodia legis

[Latin] In the custody of the law <the debtor's automobile was in custodia legis after being seized by the sheriff>. 0 The phrase is traditionally used in reference to property taken into the court's charge during pending litigation over it.