Category: C

Kinship; blood relationship ; the connection or relation of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 202; Blodgett v. Brinsmaid, 9 Vt. 30; State v. De Hart,

In English practice. A superseded instrument, in which a defendant in an action of ejectment specified for what purpose he intended to defend, and undertook to confess not only the fictitious lease,

In practice. A writ of entry, framed under the provisions of the statute Westminster 2, (13 Edw. I.,) c. 24, which lay for the benefit of the reversioner, where a tenant by

In criminal law. A combination or confederacy between two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing, by their joint efforts, some unlawful or criminal act, or some act which is

The process, or the art, of determining the sense, real meaning, or proper explanation of obscure or ambiguous terms or provisions in a statute, written instrument, or oral agreement, or the application

Lat. The custom of merchants, the same with lex meroatoria. Consuetudo contra rationem intro- ducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet. A custom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a

Contumacy; a willful disregard of the authority of a court of justice or legislative body or disobedience to its lawful orders. Contempt of court is committed by a person who does any

Pertaining or relating to a continent; characteristic of a continent; as broad in scope or purpose as a continent Continental Ins. Co. v. Continental Fire Ass’n (C. C.) 9G Fed. &48.

Against the form of the grant. See FORMEDON.

Commutative contracts are those in which what is done, given, or promised by one party is considered as an equivalent to or in consideration of what is done, given, or promised by

In old English law. A counter-tally. A term used in the exchequer. Mem. in Scacc. M. 20 Edw. 1.

A litigated question; adversary proceeding In a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or In equity. Barber v. Kennedy, 18 Minn. 216 (Gil. 190); State v. Guinotte,

In canon law. The act of summoning or calling together the parties by summoning the defendant

In the civil law. The name of a species of slander or injury uttered in public, and which charged some one with some act contra bonos mores.

One who Is a partner with one or more other persons; a member of a partnership.

Commissioners appointed to carry into effect various acts of parliament, having for their principal objects the compulsory commutation of manorial burdens and restrictions, (fines, heriots, rights to timber and minerals, etc.,) and

A commissioned officer of cavalry, abolished in England in 1871, and not existing in the United States army

Physical punishment as distinguished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory; the term may or may not

The dead body of a human being.

Ancient armor which covered the body