County, 28 Ill
534; St. Louis v. Tiefel, 42
Terms beginning with "C" (875 total)
County, 43 Mich
76, 4 N. W. 492. —Constable of a eastie. In English law. An officer having charge of a castle; a warden, or keeper; otherwise called a ‘‘castellain.”—
County, 6 Rich
(8; C.) 412.—Comparative j rudence. he study of the principles of legal science by the comparison of various systems of law.—_Comparative negligence.
County, 8 Ohio St
338; Wood v. Brady, 68
County, 85 Neb
381, 53 N. W. 211. —Collect on deli - See C. O. D.—Cole lector. One authorized to receive taxes or other impositions; as “collector of taxes.” A person appointed by a private person to collect the credits due him...
Coup
(or Coup. Just.). clary Reports, Scotland.
COUPONS
COUNTY. The name given to the prin- which in former times enjoyed especial privi-
COUR DE CASSATION
of the principal note, and designed to be cut off severally and presented for payment - ane ey ares. Williams v. Moody, 95 Ga. 8, 22
COURT
sel to present and manage the business, clerks to record and attest its acts and decisions, and ministerial officers to execute its commands, and secure due order in its pea ca Ex parte L. Fr. From time whereof memory r...
COURT FOR CONSIDERATION OF
OROWN CASES RESERVED. A court established by St. 11 & 12 Vict. c. 78, compos-
COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRI
MONIAL CAUSES. This court was established by St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85, which transferred to it all jurisdiction then exercisable by any ecclesiastical court in England, in matters matrimonial, and also gave it new powers....
COURT FOR THE CORRECTION OF
ERRORS. The style of a court having jurisdiction for review, by appeal or writ of error. The name was formerly used in New York and South Carolina.
COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF IN
SOLVENT DEBTORS. In English law. A local court which has its sittings in London only, which receives the petitions of insolvent debtors, and decides upon the question of granting a discharge. ;
COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF IM
PEACHMENTS. A tribunal empowered to try any officer of government or other person brought to its bar by the process of impeachment. In England, the house of lords constitutes such a court; in the United States, the senat...
COURT OF ANCIENT DEMESNE. In
Pnglish law. A court of peculiar constitution, held by a bailiff appointed by the king, ‘in which alone the tenants of the king’s demesne could be impleaded. 2 Burrows, 1046; 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 100; 2 Bl. Comm. 99; 1
COURT OF APPEAL, HIS MAJ
ESTY’S. -The chief appellate tribunal of England. It was established by the judieature acts of 1873 and 1875, and is invested with the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the court of appeal in chancery, the exchequer c...
COURT OF APPEALS IN CASES OF
CAPTURE. A court erected by act of congress under the articles of confederation which preceded the adoption of the constitution. It had appellate jurisdiction in prize causes.
COURT OF ARBITRATION OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A court of arbitrators, created for the convenience of merchants in the city of New York, by act of the legislature of New York. It decides disputes between members of the chamber of commerce, and be...
COURT OF AUGMENTATION
COURT OF APPEALS. In American law. An appellate tribunal which, in Kentucky, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and New York, is the court of last resort. In Delaware and New Jersey, it is known as the “court of error...
COURT OF AUGMENTATION. An
English court created in the time of Henry VIII., with jurisdiction over the property and revenue of certain religious foundations, which had been made over to the king by act of parliament, and over suits relating to th...
COURT OF BANKRUPTOY. An Enz
lish court of record, having original and appellate jurisdiction in matters of bankruptcy, and invested with both legal and equitable powers for that purpose. In the United States, the “courts of bankruptcy” include ...
COURT OF BROTHERHOOD. An as
sembly of the mayora_or other chief officers of the principal towns of the Cinque Ports in England, originally administering the chief powers of those ports, now almost extinct. Cent. Dict.
COURT OF CHIVALRY, or COURT
MILITARY, was a court not of record, held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England. It had jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, in deeds of arms and war, armorial bearings,: questions of precedence, e...
COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS. The name of certain English courts created by commission under the great seal pursuant to the statute of sewers, (23 Hen. VIII. « 5.)
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The
English court of common pleas was one of the four superior courts at Westminster, and existed up to the passing of the judicature acts. It was also styled the “Common Bench.” It was one of the courts derived from the...
COURT OF CONVOCATION
‘tain cases, reviewable by the United States
COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS. There is in each county of Alabama a court of record, styled the “court of county commissioners,” composed of the judge of probate, as principal judge, and four commissioners, who are elected qt the times prescr...
COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS
The court of last resort in the state of New Jersey is so named. Formerly, the same title was given to the highest court of appeal in New York.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER
The name of a former English court of appeal, intermediate between the superior courts of common law and the house of lords. When sitting as a court of appeal from any one of the three superior courts of common law, it w...
COURT OF EXCHEQUER. In Eng
lish law. <A very ancient court of record, set up by William the Conqueror as a part of the aula regis, and afterwards one of the four superior courts at Westminster. It was, however, inferior in rank to both the King’...
COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER
SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. In Ameriean law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in New Jersey.
COURT OF GREAT SESSIONS
New York) toa court of general original jurisdiction in criminal cases..
COURT OF GREAT SESSIONS IN
WALES. A court formerly held in Wales; abolished by 11 Geo. LV. and 1 Wm. IV. c
COURT OF HIGH COMMISSION. In
English law. formidable jurisdiction, for the vindication of the peace and dignity of the church, by reforming, ordering, and correcting the ecclesiastical state and persons, and all manner of errors, heresies, schisms, ...
COURT OF JUSTICE SEAT. In Eng
lish law. The principal.of the forest courts.
COURT OF KING’S BENCH. In Eng
lish law. The supreme court of common law in the kingdom, now merged in the high court of justice under the judicature act of: 1873, § 16.
COURT OF LODEMANAGE. An an
cient court of the Cinque Ports, having jurisdiction in maritime matters, and particularly over pilots (lodemen.)
COURT OF MAGISTRATES AND
EFREEHOLDERS. In American law. The name of a court formerly established in South Carolina for the trial of slaves and free persons of color for criminal offenses.
COURT OF MARSHALSEA
against any officer or soldier. The sajd-court, . shall consist of one or more officers, not ex: ceeding three, and a judge advocate, or other. suitable person, as a recorder, to reduce the proceedings and evidence to wr...
COURT OF NISI PRIUS
mitted within the verge of the king’s court, where one of the parties was of the royal household; and of all debts and contracts, when both parties were of that establishment. It was abolished by 12 & 13 Vict. c. 101, ...
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER
In English law. <A court for the trial of cases of treason and felony. The commissioners of assise and nisi prius are judges selected by the king and appointed and authorized under the great seal, including usually two o...
COURT OF PALACE AT WESTMIN
STER. This court had jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. Abolished by 12 & 13 Vict. ce. 101, 3 Steph. Comm. 317, note.
COURT OF POLICIES OF ASSUR
ANCE. A court established by statute 43
COURT OF PRIVATE LAND
upon the thorough. reduction of that principality and the settling of its polity in the reign of Henry VIII., were erected all over the country. These courts, however, have been abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c. 70; the principa...
COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS
A federal court created by act of Congress in 1891 (26 Stat. 854 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 765]), to hear and determine claims by private parties to lands within the public domain, where such claims originated under Span...
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF
THE PEACE. In American law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania, having power to try misdemeanors, and ‘exercising certain functions of an administrative nature. There is one such court in eac...
COURT OF STANNARIES. In Eng
lish law. A court established in Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of jus-
COURT OF STAR CHAMBER
COURT OF REGARD. In English law. One of the forest courts, in England, held every third year, for the lawing or expeditation of dogs, to prevent them from running
COURT OF STAR CHAMBER. This
was an English court of very ancient origin, but new-modeled by St. 3 Hen. VII. c. 1, and 21 Hen. VIII. cc 20, consisting of divers lords, spiritual and temporal, being privy councillors, together with two judges of the ...
COURT OF THE CORONER
288 COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS