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| C2ETERORUM | | . The name of a kind of administration, which, after an ... |
| CABALLERIA | | Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different ... |
| CABINET | | . Certain officers who taken collectively make a board; as, the ... |
| CADASTRE | | . A term derived from the French, which has been ... |
| CADET | | . A younger brother, one trained up for the army ... |
| CADI | | . The name of a civil magistrate among the Turks. ... |
| CAESARIAN OPERATION | | med. juris. An incision made through the parietes of the abdomen ... |
| CALENDER | | . An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should ... |
| CALENDER | | crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time ... |
| CALIFORNIA | | . The name of one of the states of the ... |
| CALLING THE PLAINTIFF | | practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence ... |
| CALUMNIATORS | | civil law. Persons who accuse others, whom they know to be ... |
| CAMBIST | | . A person skilled in exchange; one who deals or ... |
| CAMERA STELLATA | | Eng. law. The court of the Star Chamber, now abolished. ... |
| CAMPARTUM | | . A part or portion of a larger field or ... |
| CANAL | | . A trench dug for leading water in a particular ... |
| CANCELLARIA CURIA | | . The name formerly given to the court of chancery. ... |
| CANCELLATION | | . Its general acceptation, is the act of crossing a writing; ... |
| CANDIDATE | | . One who offers himself or is offered by others ... |
| CANNON SHOT | | war. The distance which a cannon will throw a ball. 2. ... |
| CANON | | eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies ... |
| CANONIST | | . One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law. ... |
| CAPACITY | | . This word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power, ... |
| CAPAX DOLI | | . Capable of committing crime. This is said of one ... |
| CAPE | | English law. A judicial writ touching a plea of lands ... |
| CAPERS | | . Vessels of war owned by private persons, and different from ... |
| CAPIAS | | practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you ... |
| CAPIAS AD AUDIENDUM JUDICIUM | | practice. A writ issued in a case of misdemeanor, after the ... |
| CAPIAS AD COMPUTANDUM | | practice. A writ issued in the action of account render, upon ... |
| CAPIAS AD RESPONDENDUM | | practice. A writ commanding the sheriff, or other proper officer, to ... |
| CAPIAS AD SATISFACIENDUM | | practice. A writ of execution issued upon a judgment in a ... |
| CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM | | practice. A writ issued after a return of elongata or eloigned ... |
| CAPIAS PRO FINE | | practice, crim. law. The name of a writ which issues against ... |
| CAPIAS UTLAGATUM | | English practice. A capias utlagatum is general or special; the former ... |
| CAPIATUR | | pro fine. The name of a writ which was issued ... |
| CAPITA, or PER CAPITA | | . By heads. An expression of frequent occurrence in laws regulating ... |
| CAPITAL | | political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of ... |
| CAPITAL CRIME | | . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which ... |
| CAPITATION | | . A poll tax; an imposition which is yearly laid ... |
| CAPITE | | descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said ... |
| CAPITULARIES | | .The Capitularia or Capitularies, was a code of laws promulgated by ... |
| CAPITULATION | | war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified ... |
| CAPITULATION | | civ.law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or ... |
| CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN | | mar. law. The name given to the master or commander of ... |
| CAPTATION | | French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the ... |
| CAPTATOR | | French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who ... |
| CAPTION | | practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, indictment, ... |
| CAPTIVE | | By this term is understood one who has been taken; ... |
| CAPTOR | | war. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term ... |
| CAPTURE | | war. The taking of property by one belligerent from another. ... |
| CAPUT LUPINUM | | Eng. law. Having the head of a wolf. An outlawed felon ... |
| CARAT | | weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and ... |
| CARCAN | | French law. A French word, which is applied to an instrument ... |
| CARDINAL | | eccl. law. The title given to one of tho highest dignitaries ... |
| CARDS | | crim. law. Small square pasteboards, generally of a fine quality, on ... |
| CARGO | | mar. law. The entire load of a ship or other ... |
| CARNAL KNOWLEDGE | | crim. law. This phrase is used to signify a sexual connexion; ... |
| CARNALLY KNEW | | pleadings. This is a technical phrase, essential in an indictment to ... |
| CARRIERS | | contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. ... |
| CARRYING AWAY | | crim. law. To complete the crime of larceny, the thief must ... |
| CART BOTE | | . An allowance to the tenant of wood, sufficient for carts ... |
| CARTE BLANCHE | | . The signature of an individual or more, on a while. ... |
| CARTEL | | war. An agreement between two belligerent powers for the delivery of ... |
| CARTMEN | | . Persons who carry goods and merchandise in carts, either for ... |
| CASE | | practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or ... |
| CASE | | remedies. This is the name of an action in very ... |
| CASE, STATED | | practice. An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that ... |
| CASH | | commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person ... |
| CASH-BOOK | | Commerce, accounts. One in which a merchant or trader enters an ... |
| CASHIER | | . An officer of a moneyed institution, who is entitled ... |
| CASSATION | | French law. A decision which emanates from the sovereign authority, and ... |
| CASSETUR BREVE | | practice. That the writ be quashed. This is the name of ... |
| CASTIGATORY | | punishments. An engine used to punishwomen who have been convicted of ... |
| CASTING VOTE | | legislation. The vote given by the president or speaker of a ... |
| CASTRATION | | crim. law. The act of gelding. When this act is maliciously ... |
| CASUAL | | . What happens fortuitously what is accidental as, the casual revenue's ... |
| CASUAL EJECTOR | | pratice, ejectment. A person, supposed to come upon-land casually, (although usually ... |
| CASUPROVISO | | practice. A writ of entry given by the statute of Gloucester, ... |
| CASUS FOEDORIS | | . When two nations have formed a treaty of alliance, in ... |
| CASUS FORTUITUS | | . A fortuitous case; an uncontrollable accident an act of God. ... |
| CASUS OMISSUS | | . An omitted case.
2. When a statute or ... |
| CATCHING BARGAIN | | contracts, fraud. An agreement made with an heir expectant, for the ... |
| CATCHPOLE | | officer. A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to ... |
| CAUSA MATRIMONII PRAELOCUTI | | Engl. law. An obsolete writ, which lies when a woman gives ... |
| CAUSE | | civ. law. This word has two meanings. 1. It signifies ... |
| CAUSE | | contra torts, crim. That which produces an effect.
2. ... |
| CAUSE | | pleading.The reason; the motive.
2. In a replication de ... |
| CAUSE | | practice. A Contested question before a court of justice; it is ... |
| CAUSE OF ACTION | | . By this phrase is understood the right to bring an ... |
| CAUTIO PRO EXPENSIS | | . Security for costs or expenses.
2. This term ... |
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