CASUS
Categories: Constitutional
Definition (1910 Edition)
Lat. Chance; accident; an event; a case; a case contemplated.
wreck, etc. Dig. 44, 7, 1, 4—Oasus omissus. A case omitted; an event or contingency for which no provision is made; particularly a case not provided for by the statute on the general subject, and which is therefore left to be governed by the common law.
wreck, etc. Dig. 44, 7, 1, 4—Oasus omissus. A case omitted; an event or contingency for which no provision is made; particularly a case not provided for by the statute on the general subject, and which is therefore left to be governed by the common law.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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