Category: C

A term derived from the civil law, denoting a contract founded upon and completed by the mere consent of the contracting parties, without any external formality or symbolic act to fix the

The act or process of consigning goods ; the transportation of goods consigned; an article or collection of goods sent to a factor to be sold; goods or property sent, by the

In practice. A rule or order of court requiring a plaintiff who has instituted separate suits upon several claims against the same defendant, to consolidate them in one action, where that can

Officers properly appointed under the constitution for the government of the people

In old English law. A writ of right close, which lay against a tenant who deforced his’ lord of the rent or service due to him. Reg. Orig. 159; Fitzh. Nat. Brev.

The act of the mind in considering with attention. Continued attention of the mind to a particular subject. Consideration of an act or series of acts with the intention of doing or

The context of a particular sentence or clause in a statute, contract, will, etc., comprises those parts of the text which immediately precede and follow it. The context may sometimes be scrutinized,

Is interchangeable with the term “uninterrupted adverse use.” Davidson v. Nicholson, 59 Ind. 411

A criminal; one prosecuted for a crime.

In Old English law. A counter-plea. Townsh. PI. 01.

Joining in the promotion of a given purpose; lending assistance to the production of a given result. As to contributory “Infringement” and “Negligence,” see those titles

In old English law. Suitable; agreeable; convenient; fitting. Litt.

The transformation of one species of property into another, as money into land or laud into money; or, more particularly, a fiction of law, by which equity assumes that such a transformation

Covert; covered.

In medical Jurisprudence. A disposition or habit of using obscene language, developiug unexpectedly in the particular individual or contrary to his previous history and habits, recognized as a sign of insanity or

A person summoned to answer a bill, petition, or libel, together with another respondent. Now chiefly used to designate the person charged with adultery with the respondent in a suit for divorce

The name of an ancient officer of the common law, whose office and functions are continued in modern English and American administration. The coroner is an officer belonging to each county, and

A member of a corporation aggregate. Grant, Corp. 48.

Interchange of written communications. The letters written by a person and the answers written by the one to whom they are addressed

In old English law. An offense, mentioned in the old books, where anything was done deceitfully, whether belonging to contracts or not, which could not be properly termed by any special name.