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COMPTE ARRETS PR

An account stated in writing, and acknowledged to be correct on Its face by the party against whom it Is stated. Paschal v. Union Bank of Louisiana, 9 La. Ann. 484.

COMPUTUS

A writ to compel a guardian, bailiff, receiver, or accountant to yield up his accounts. It is founded on the statute Westm. 2, c. 12; Reg. Orig. 135

CONCUSSIO

In the civil law. The offense of extortion by threats of violence. Dig. 47, 13.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

The terms upon which sales are made at auction ; usually written or printed and exposed in the auction room at the time of sale.

CONFESSIO

Lat. A confession. Con- fessio in judicio, a confession made in or before a court. Confessio facta in judicio omul pro- batione major est. A confession made in court Is of greater

CONFUSION OF BOUNDARIES

The title of that branch of equity jurisdiction which relates to the discovery and settlement of conflicting, disputed, or uncertain boundaries.

CONJOINTS

Persons married to each other. Story, Confl. Laws,

CONNUBIUM

In the civil law. Marriage. Among the Romans, a lawful marriage as distinguished from “concubiuage,” (g. v.,) which was an inferior marriage.

CONSCRIPTION

Drafting Into the military service of the state: compulsory service falling upon all male subjects evenly, within or under certain specified ages. Kneedler v. Lane, 45 Pa. 207.

CONSOLATO DEL MARE

The name of a code of sea-laws, said to have been compiled by order of the kings of Arragon (or, according to other authorities, at Pisa or Bar celona) in the fourteenth

CONSTAT

It is clear or evident; it appears ; it is certain ; there is no doubt. Non constat, it does not appear. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors

CONSTRUCTIVE TAKING

A phrase used in the law to characterize an act not amounting to an actual appropriation of chattels, but which shows an intention to convert them to his use; as if a

CONSULTO LAT

In the civil law. Designedly ; intentionally. Dig. 28, 41

CONTENTS AND NOT CONTENTS

In parliamentary law. The “contents” are those who, in the house of lords, express assent to a bill; the “not” or “non contents” dissent. May, Pari. Law, cc. 12, 357.

CONTINGENT INTEREST IN PERSONAL PROPERTY

It may be defined as a future interest not transmissible to the representatives of the party entitled thereto. in case he dies before it vests in possession. Thus, if a testator leaves

CONTRA PACEM

Against the peace. A phrase used in the Latin forms of indictments, and also of actions for trespass, to signify that the offense alleged was committed against the public peace, i. e.,

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