Category: C

An abbreviation for chief justice; also for circuit judge.

In French law. An official statement of the quantity and value of realty made for purposes of taxation; same as cadastre, (q. v.)

In old French law. A punishment of sailors, resembling the modern “keelhauling.”

In the old canon law. An oath similar to the calumniw jusjurandum, (q. v.)

In Spanish law. A road or highway. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 2, 1. 6.

A body of ecclesiastical jurisprudence which, in countries where the Roman Catholic church is established, is composed of maxims and rules drawn from patristic sources, ordinances and decrees of general councils, and

A species of cane magnum.

In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis barn scaccurii domini rents, chid’ baron of the exchequer. Townsh. PI. 211.

In Roman law, A diminishing or abridgment of personality. Tills was a loss or curtailment of a man’s status or aggregate of legal attributes and qualifications, following upon certain changes in his

Prisoners of war. As in the goods of an enemy, so also in his person, a sort of qualified property may be acquired, by taking him a prisoner of war, at least

A gaol; a prison.

In mercantile law. The load or lading of a vessel; goods and merchandise put on board a ship to be carried to a certain port. The lading or freight of a ship;

Carriers are either common or private. Private carriers are persons who undertake for the transportation in a particular instance only, not making it their vocation, nor holding themselves out to the public

A place where papers or records are kept

Ready money; whatever can be used as money without being converted into another form; that which circulates as money, including bank-bills. Hooper v. Flood, 54 Cal. 221; Dazet v. Landry, 21 Nev.

Overthrown, worsted, or defeated in an action.

That which happens accidentally, or is brought about by causes unknown ; fortuitous; the result of chance. Lewis v. Lofley, 92 Ga. 804, 19 S. El 57.

Goods and chattels. See CATALLA

Highroads or ways pitched with flint or other stones

A remote or mediate cause; a cause operating indirectly by the intervention of other causes.