Category: C

In pleading. The tender of an issue to be tried by jury. Steph. PI. 230.

In the civil law. (1) A running together; a collision, as concursus creditorum, a conflict among creditors. (2) A concurrence, or meeting, as concursus actionum, concurrence of actions.

In the civil law. A creditor having a future right of action, or having a right of action in expectancy. Dig. 50, 10, 54.

Aleague or compact for mutual support, particularly of princes, nations, or states.Such was the colonial government during the Revolution

A contract by which that which was Infirm, imperfect, or subject to be avoided Is made firm and unavoidable. A conveyance of an estate or right in esse, whereby a voidable estate

In the civil law. The inseparable intermixture of property belonging to different owners; it is properly confined to the pouring together of fluids, but is sometimes also used of a melting together,

In the civil law of evidence. A throwing together. Presumption; the putting of things together, with the inference drawn therefrom. CONJECTIO CAUSffi,In the civil law. A statement of the case.A brief synopsis

The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. Oakland Bank v. Wilcox, 60 Cal. 137 ; State v. Gesell,

Courts, not of record, constituted by act of parliament in the city of London, and other towns, for the recovery of small debts; otherwise and more commonly called “Courts of Requests.” 3

Commissioners or trustees in whom the control of a certain river is vested, in England, bv act of parliament.

In the civil law. Cous- ins-german, in general; brothers’ and sisters’ children, considered in their relation to each other

An officer mentioned iu Fleta, lib. 2, c. 31.

A breaking made out by construction of law. As where a burglar gains an entry into a house by threats, fraud, or conspiracy. 2 Russ. Crimes, 9, 10.

In ecclesiastical law. A church full or provided for. Cowell.

A man’s countenance or credit, which he ‘has together with, and by reason of, his freehold; or that which is necessary for the support and maintenance of men, agreeably to their several

In Scotch law. Where two or more processes are so connected that the circumstances of the one are likely to throw light on the others, the process first enrolled is considered as

Against the law of the land.

Abbreviation; abridgment or shortening of a word by omitting a letter or letters or a syllable, with a mark over the place where the elision occurs. This was customary in records written

In the civil law. To handle; to take hold of; to meddle with. In old English law. To treat. Vel maid conlrectet; or shall ill treat Fleta, lib. 1, c. 17,

The refusal or intentional omission of a person who has been duly cited before a court to appear and defend the charge laid against him, or, if he is duly before the