CAIUMNI
The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandi animo,) i. e., with a malicious
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The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandi animo,) i. e., with a malicious
A part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or in common.
The system of fundamental rules and maxims which are recognized as governing the construction or interpretation of written instruments.
In old records. A box, cabinet, or repository in which were preserved the relics of martyrs. Spelman. A small building in which relics were preserved; an oratory or chapel. Id. In old
The chief or principal debtor, as distinguished from a surety, (plcgius.)
Collections of laws and ordinances drawn up under heads of divisions. Spelman. The term is used in the civil and old English law, and applies to the ecclesiastical law also, meaning chapters
In international law. The taking or wresting of property from one of two belligerents by the other. It occurs either on land or at sea. In the former case, the property captured
Loaded; freighted, as a ship.
Dearth, scarcity, dearness. Cowell.
To bear, bear about, sustain, transport, remove, or convey.
In old English law. A kind of tax or tribute anciently imposed upon every plow, (carue or plow-land,) for the public service. Spelman.
In bookkeeping, an account-book in which is kept a record of all cash transactions, or all cash received and expended. The object of the cash- book is to afford a constant facility
In old English law. Tne lord, owner, or captain of a castle; the constable of a fortified house; a person having the custody of one of the crown mansions; an officer of
A phrase used to denote (in contradistinction to “prAp- pointed evidence”) all such evidence as happens to be addueible of a fact or event, but which was not prescribed by statute or
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In the civil law. An inn or tavern. Inst. 4, 5, 3.
Necessary or inevitable cause; a cause without which the effect in question could not have happened. Hayes v. Railroad Co., Ill U. S. 22S, 4 Sup. Ct. 309, 28 L. Ed. 410.
In Scotch law. An instrument in which a person binds himself as surety for another.
I grant. The word ordinarily used in Mexican conveyances to pass title to lands. Mull’ord v. Le Franc, 20 Cal. S8, 108
In Canadian law. A tenant by cens, (q. v.)