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Champerty; from campus, a field, and partus, divided. Spelman.

An artificial ditch or trench in the earth, for confining water to a defined channel, to be used for purposes of transportation. The meaning of this word, when applied to artificial passages

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

A writ of execution, (usually termed, for brevity, a “ca. sa.,”) which a party may issue after having recovered judgment against another in certain actions at law. It commands the sheriff to

Chief justice of all England. The title of the presiding justice in the court of aula regis. 3 151. Comm. 38; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 48.

In French law. A collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws. In

The beginning of the Lent fast, i. e., Ash Wednesday.

In ecclesiastical law. a dignitary of the court of Rome, next in rank to the pope.

In old criminal law. Carnally. Carnaliter cognovit, carnally knew. Technical words in indictments for rape, and held essential. 1 Hale, P. C. 637- 639.

A carriage for luggage or burden, with two wheels, as distinguished from a wagon, which lias four wheels. The vehicle in which criminals are taken to execution. This word, in its ordinary

In the law of insurance. A fortuitous event; an inevitable accident.

An amercement or fine; a mulct

Offering; alleging by way of excuse. Casting an essoin was alleging an excuse for not appearing in court to answer an action. Holthouse.

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.

The formal act by which a man and woman take each other for husband and wife, according to law; the solemnization of a marriage. The term is usually applied to a marriage

In Spanish and Mexican law. An emphyteutic annuity. That species of censo (annuity) which exists where there is a right to require of another a certain canon or pension annually, on account