Category: C

A chief rent.

Head-fields; lands lying at the head or upper end of furrows etc. Capitnlnm est clericorum congregatio sub uno decano in ecclesia cathedrali. A chapter is a congregation of clergy under one dean

In old English law. A wolf’s head. An outlawed felon was said to be caput lupinum. and might be knocked on the head, like a wolf.

As a legal term, this word means diligence, prudence, discretion, attentiveuess, watchfulness, vigilance. It is the opposite of negligence or carelessness. There are three degrees of care in the law, corresponding (Inversely)

In old English law. An immunity or privilege. Cowell.

In old English law. A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; a power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 18, 1. 30.

A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own.

In French law. Annulling ; reversal; breaking the force and validity of a judgment. A decision emanating from the sovereign authority, by which a decree or judgment in the court of last

In feudal law. An imposition anciently laid upon such persons as lived within a certain distance of any castle, towards the maintenance of such as watched and warded the castle.

In the civil law. A casualty ; an extraordinary casualty, as fire, ship CASUS 176 CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT wreck, etc. Dig. 44, 7, 1, 4.

In English ecclesiastical law. A sum of 2s. paid to the bishop by the inferior clergy; but from its being usually paid at the bishop’s synod, or visitation, it is commonly named

For the purpose of being entertained as a guest. 4 Maule & S. 310.

Lat Care; caution; vigilance ; prevision

In Roman law. A maxim, or rule, casting the responsibility for defects or deficiencies upon the seller of goods, and expressing the exact opposite of the common law rule of caveat emptor.

A butler in a monastery ; sometimes in universities called “manciple” or “caterer.”

In Roman law. They have decreed. The term of art, or technical term for the judgment, resolution, or decree of the senate. Tayl. Civil Law, 566.

Lat. I have taken. This word was of frequent use in the returns of sheriffs when they were made in Latin, and particularly In the return to a writ of capias. The

A certificate issued by the proper public officer to the successful bidder at a judicial sale (such as a tax sale) setting forth the fact and details of his purchase, and which

Where terms for years are raised by settlement, it is usual to introduce a proviso that they shall crane when the trusts end. This proviso generally expresses three events: (1) The trusts

An officer in the English chancery whose duty was to fit the wax to seal the writs, commissions, and other Instruments thence Issuing. The office was abolished by St 15 & 16