Category: C

Chancery; the court of chancery. Curia canccllaria is also used in the same sense. See 4 Bl. Comm. 40; Cowell.

In old English law. A canon. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 69,

A writ issued, in a case of misdemeanor, after the defendant has appeared and is found guilty, to bring him to hear judgment if he is not present when called. 4 Bl.

In old English law. Chief, principal; at the head. A term applied to persons, places, judicial proceedings, and some kinds of property.

Lat. By the head. Tenure in capite was an ancient feudal tenure, whereby a man held lands of the king immediately. It was of two sorts,

In old English law and practice. A taking or seizure ; arrest; receiving; holding of court.

In old English law. A head of land; a headland. Cowell.

In French commercial law. Cargo; lading.

A vehicle used for the transportation of persons either for pleasure or business, and drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country; not including

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel.

A formal written enumeration of the facts in a case, assented to by both parties as correct and complete, and submitted to the court by their agreement, in order that a decision

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 international law. The case of the treaty. The particular event or situation contemplated by the treaty, or stipulated for, or which comes within its terms. In commercial law. The case or

In English ecclesiastical law. The church of the bishop of the diocese, in which is his cathcdra, or throne, and his special jurisdiction ; in that respect the principal church of the

The immediate cause ; the last link in the chain of causation

Matter for which an action may be brought. The ground on which an action may be sustained. The right to bring a suit. Cause of action is properly the ground on which

Lat. Let him beware. A formal notice or warning given by a party interested to a court, judge, or ministerial officer against the performance of certain acts within his power and jurisdiction.

In old English law, a chaldron. In old Scotch law, a measure of grain, otherwise called a “chalder.” See 1 Kames, Eq. 215.

vo. A censo (q. v.) is called “consignativo” when he who receives the money assigns for the payment of the pension (annuity) the estate the fee in which he reserves. Civ. Code