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. ;
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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 prescribed by law, and hold office f...
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 was composed of judges of the o...
COURT OF GREAT SESSIONS IN
WALES. A court formerly held in Wales; abolished by 11 Geo. LV. and 1 Wm. IV. c
COURT OF JUSTICE SEAT. In Eng
lish law. The principal.of the forest courts.
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 writing; all of whom shall be sw...
COURT OF STANNARIES. In Eng
lish law. A court established in Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of jus-
COURT OF THE CORONER
288 COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
Court, 115 Cal
152, 46 Pac. 904; People v.
Court, 22 Mont
25, 55 Pac. 916; People v.
Court, 44 Mo
197; People v. Collins, 19
Court, 90 Mo
598, 2 S. W. 788; Minor v.
COURTS OF THE COUNTIES PALA
TINE. In English law. A species of private court which formerly appertained to the counties palatine of Lancaster and Durham.
COUSTOUMIER
(Otherwise spelled “Coustumier” or “Coutumier.”) In old French law. A _ collection: of customs, unwritten laws, and forms of procedure. Two such yolumes are of especial importance in juridical history, viz., the Grand Coustuimier de Normandie...
CRASTINO
Lat. On the morrow, the day after. The returnrday of w rits ; because the first day of the term was always some saint’s dny, and: writs were returnable on the day after. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 56.
Cro. Car
530. 64. In a trial, credence is given only to those who are sworn. 516. Literally, lesser age.—Minor fact. In the law of evidence. A relative, collateral, or subordinate fact; a circumstance. 555.
CROSS
CROSS. <A mark made by persons whio are unable to write, to stand instead of a signature; usually made in the form of a Maltese cross.
Crossley, 69 Ind
200; Lewis's Appeal, 108
Ct. Rules 1883, ord
40.—Motion in error. A motion in error stands on the same footing as a writ of error; the only difference .is that, on a motion in error, no service is required to be made on the opposite party, because, being before the court when the motion is fi...
CURIA ADVISARI VULT
L.Iat. Thecourt will advise; the court will consider. A phrase frequently found in the reports, signifying the resolution of the court to suspend judgment in a cause, after the argu- 1..ent, until they have deliberated upon the question, as where the...
Cursus curis est lex curiz
8 Bulst. 53. The practice of tbe court is the law of the court.
CUSTODE ADMITTENDO, CUSTODE
AMOVENDO. Writs for the admitting and removing of guardians.
DE ARBITRATIONE FACTA
(Lat. Of arbitration had.) A writ formerly used when an action was brought for a cause which had been settled by arbitration.
DE ARRESTANDIS BONIS NE DIS
SIPENTUR. An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands of a party during the pendency of a suit, to prevent their being made away with. Reg. Orig. 126b.
DE ARRESTANDO IPSUM QUI PE
CUNIAM .RECEPIT. A writ which lay for the arrest of one who had taken the
DE ATTORNATO RECIPIENDO. A
writ which lay to the judges of a court, re-' quiring them to receive and admit an attorney for a party. Reg. Orlg. 172; Fitzh. Nat.
DE BONIS TESTATORIS AC SI
(Lat. From the goods of the testator, if he has any, and, if not, from those of the exrecutor.) A judgment rendered where an executor falsely pleads any matter as a release, or, generally, in any case where he is to be charged in case his testator’...
DE CALOCETO REPARANDO. Writ
for repairing a causeway. An old writ by which the sheriff was commanded to distrain the inhabitants of a place to repair and maintain a causeway, etc. Reg. Orig. 154.
DE CONSANGUINEO, and DE CON
SANGUINITATE. Writs of cosinage, (q. v.)