Cal
475. But compare State v. Witham, 70 374, 26 Pac. 207; Losey v. Stanley, 83 17, 11 Pac. 470. 380, 7 Pac. 7638. 220. 78, 5 Pac. 623, 8 Pac. 599. 113, 388 Pac. 315, 28 L. R. A. 187, 46 Am. 96, 63 Pac. 143. 395.—C...
Terms beginning with "C" (875 total)
Cald
(or Cald. J. P. or Cald. 8.C.). Caldecott’s English Magistrate’s (Justice of the Peace) and Settlement Cases.
Caldwell, 3 Minn
94 (Gil. 46); Heinsen v.
CALEFAGIUM
CADUCARY. Relating to or of the nature of escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. 2
CALENDAR
1. The established order of the division of time into years, months, weeks, and days; or a systematized enumeration of such arrangement; analmanac. Rives v. Guthrie, 46 N. ©. 86.
CALL
law, hence the ceremony or epoch of election, and the number of persons elected. for him appear, he is nonsuited, the jurors are discharged withoat giving a verdict, the ‘action 1s at an end, and the defendant recover...
CALL, n
1. Im English law. The election of students to the degree of barrister at
Callis, Sew
(80,) 100. In modern law, an open ditch or conduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another in a certain direction, whether for purposes of drainage, irrigation, or otherwise. Warren v. Henly, 31 ...
CALUMNIZ JUSJURANDUM. The
oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandt animo,) 4. 6., with a malicious design, but from a firm belief that they had a ...
Calvin
2 BI. Comm. 129. Used as early as A. D. 841. 7 (or Calvin. Lex. Jurid.). Calvinus Lexicon Juridicum.
CAMBELLANUS, or CAMBELLA
RIUS. A chamberlain. Spelman.
Cambridge, (St
138 & 14 Car. II. c 4.) See
Camd. Brit
(or Camden). Camden's Britannia. -
Camp
74. 74. See DEcocrIon. - 154; Brown.—Sheriff’s sale. A sale of property, conducted by a sheriff, or sheriff's deputy, in virtue of his authority as an officer holding process.—Tax-sale. <A sale of land for unpaid...
Camp v. Waring, 25 Conn
529. But it may denote an informal agreement, or a concurrence as to its terms. See Barkow v. Sanger, 47 Wis. 507, 3 N. W. 16.
CAMPANA
bell. Spelman. —Oampana bajula. A smal! handbel! used in the ceremonies of the Romish church; and,
CAMPANARIUM, CAMPANILE. A
belfry, bell tower, or steeplé; a place where bells are hung. Spelman; Townsh. Pl. 191, 213.
Campbell y. Whoriskey, 170 Mass
63, 48 N. E 1070.—Time-bargain. In the language of the stock exchange, ‘a time-bargain is an agreement to buy or sell stock at a future time, or within a fixed time, at a certain price. It is jn reality nothing more ...
Campbell, 24 Tex. Civ. App
160, 58 S. W. 630; Carter v. Humboldt F. Ins. Co., 12 Iowa, 292; Barrows vy. Baughman, 9 Mich. 217.
Campbell, 87 Barb
(N. Y.) 181; Luther v.
CAMPBELL’S (LORD) ACTS. Eng
lish statutes, for amending the practice in prosecutions for libel, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93; also 6 & 7 Vict. c. 96, providing for compensation to relatives in the case of a person having been killed through negligence; also ...
CAMPFIGHT
CAMBIUM. In the civil law. Change or exchange. A term applied indifferently to the exchange of land, money, or debts.
CAMPUS
CAMPUS. Im old European law. An assembly of the people; so called from being anciently held in the open air, in some plain capable of containing a large. number of persons.
Can
241; 10 Low. Can. 325. 221. 8.C. Rep. Canada Supreme Court Reports.
Canadian law
demurrer.—Defense au fond en fait. In French and Canadian law.
CANDLEMAS-DAY
sometimes be taken as equivalent to “discharge”
CANFARA
erly, the Protestants went, and the Papists now go, in procession with lighted candles ; they also consecrate candles‘on this day for the service of the ensuing year. It is the fourth of the four cross quarter-days of ...
Canfield, 42 Ohio St
468: Polk v. Minnehaha County, 5 Dak. 129. 37 N. W. 98; Logansport & W. V. Gas. Co. v. Peru (C. C.) 89 Fed. 187.
Cannon, 16 N. OC
373, 18 Am. Dec. 591; Crim v. McCormick Const. Co., 72. Fed. 366, 18 C.
Cannon, 87 W. Va
123, 16 S. BE 444; Jefferson v. Washington, 19 Me. 293: Welch v.
CANON
1. A Jaw, rule, or ordinance in general. and of the church in particular. An ecclesiastical law or statute.
CANTERBURY, ARCHBISHOP OF
In English ecclesiastical law. The primate of all England; the chief ecclesiastical dignitary in the church. His customary privilege is to crown the kings and queens of England; while the Archbishop of York has the privi...
Capen v. Peckham, 35 Conn
88; Wolford vy. Baxter, 83 Minn. 12, 21 N. W. 744, 53
CAPIAS
lat. “That you take.” The general name for several species of writs, the common characteristic of which is that they require the officer to take the body of the defendant into custody; they are writs of attachment or...
CAPIATUR PRO FINE
(Let him be taken for the fine) In English practice. A clause inserted at the end of old judgment records in actions of debt, where the defendant denied his deed, and it was found against
CAPITALIS
government; the place where the legislative department holds its sessions, and where the chief offices of the executive are located. persons, places, judicial proceedings, and some kinds of property. —Oapitalis baro. ...
CAPITE
Lat. By the head. Tenure in captte was an ancient feudal tenure, whereby a man held lands of the king immediately. It was of two sorts,—the one, .principal and general, or of the king as the source of all tenure; the o...
CAPITULARY
CAPITE MINUTUS. In the civil law. One who had suffered capitis diminutio, one who lost status or legal attributes. See Dig. 4, 5. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws. ;
CAPTURKE
CAPTATOR. A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice.
CAPUT
CAPUT. A head; the head of a person; the whole person; the life of a person; one’s personality; status; civil condition.
Car
59. To convert it into ordinary ground, 317; Best, Ev. 345.
Car Co., 175 I}
125, 51 N. E. 664, 64 L. R. A. 366.~Traverse jury. A petit jury; a trial jury; a jury impaneled to try an action or rosecution, as distinguished from a grand ury. Traverse of indictment or presentment. The taking issue u...
Car. Co
v. Barnard, 139 Mo. 142, 40 8. W. 762, ty
Car. V.; Montesg. Esprit des Lois, bk
30; Guizot, Hist. Civilization —~—Feudal tenures. The tenures of real estate under the feudal system, such as knight-service, socage, villenage, ete.
Cardenas v. Miller, 108 Cal
250, 39 Pac. 788, 49 Am. St. Rep. 84; Benson v. McMahon, 127 U. S. 457, 8 Sup. Ct. 1240, 32 L. Dd. 234;
CARE
own which are of great importance; or it is that de of care usually bestowed upon the matter in hand by the most competent, prudent, and caietal persons havin th do with the een ticular sub eet. Railway aa a wt 180; Litc...
Carleton
69 Vt. 91, 37 Atl. 226: Shaw vy.
Carlisle v. U. S., 16 Wall
154, 21 L. Ed. 426; Jackson v. Goodell, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 191; U. S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U. S. 649, 18 Sup. Ct. 456, 42 L. Ed. 890; Wallace v.
Carmichael (D. C.) 96 Fed
594.—Contemplation of death. The eporchension or expectation of Seprosching dissolution; not that general expectation which every mortal entertains, but the apprehension which arises from some presently existing sickne...
Carolina, 186 U. 8
211, 10 Sup. Ct. 920, 34