Your Free Online Legal Dictionary • Featuring Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Ed.

Category: C

Continuously Insured

An insured person who has had no time period during which he or she was uninsured since first taking out an auto insurance policy.

Comprehensive Coverage

The most common form of optional auto insurance coverage, alongside Collision, covering damage that is the result of non-collision factors, such weather and theft.

Collision Coverage

Along with Comprehensive, the most common form of optional auto insurance coverage. Collision Coverage covers the cost (minus a deductible) of repairing damage to a vehicle when the insured driver is at

Cancellation

When an insurance policy is terminated prior to the renewal date. Either the insurer or the insured can cancel a policy.

COVENANT TO RENEW

a contract that is given to the lessee who has a right to renew the lease under conditions outlined in the clause for renewal.

COMMUNITY PROPERTY

This term applies to the proprty that is held between a husband and wife and belongs to both of them.

CO-DEFENDANT

This term applies to a person who has joined with other people in defending a legal action.

CATTLE RUSTLING

This term is applied to stealing cattle that was a common crime in years gone by.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)

the federal intelligence agency whose function is to conduct all intelligence activities and to obtain any information that is essential to the security of the United States.

CAPITALIST

a person whose income is derived from an investment.

CHARACTERIZATION

the term that determines the nature of matters brought before courts that will decide which jurisdiction should consider the issue.

CUNNILINGUS

This term applies to the oral-genital contact between the mouth and the genitals of a woman.

CHANCERY PRACTICE

equity practice that deals with the fairness and rights of the law rather than the written statutes of the law.

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION

an organisation that does not issue stock and there is nothing in its charter that provides for profits or dividends.

CHARGE OF INDICTMENT

the part of the accusation that sets out the facts that make up the offense the defendant is being tried for.

CORPORATE FUNDS

These are the funds that belong to the corporation and are distinct from the funds of a person or persons.

Topic Archives:

Disclaimer

This site contains general legal information but does not constitute professional legal advice for your particular situation. The Law Dictionary is not a law firm, and this page does not create an attorney-client or legal adviser relationship. If you have specific questions, please consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.