Category: C

The statutes 24 & 25 Viet. cc. 94-160. passed in 1861. for the consolidation of the criminal law of England and Ireland. 4 Steph. Comm. 297. These important statutes amount to a

An action brought by one who is defendant in a suit against the party who is plaintiff in such suit, upon a cause of action growing out of the same transaction which

The Intentional and malicious infliction of physical suffering upon living creatures, particularly human beings; or, as applied to the latter, the wanton, malicious, and unnecessary infliction of pain upon the body, or

He who is allowed to do the greater ought not to be prohibited from doing the less. He who has authority to do the more important act ought not to be debarred

Gross negligence is held equivalent to intentional wrong.

One which is brought by a defendant in a suit against a plaintiff in or against other defendants in the same suit, or against both, touching the matters in question in the

In English law. A private and confidential assembly of the most considerable ministers of state, to concert measures for the administration of public affairs; first established by Charles I. Wharton.

Lat. Other; another; the rest.

The public calling of the docket or list of causes at the commencement of a term of court, for the purpose of disposing of the same with regard to setting a time

In the civil law. Change or exchange. A term applied indifferently to the exchange of land, money, or debts. Cambium reale or manuale was the term generally used to denote the technical

The dignity of the chancellor of England is that he is deemed the second from the sovereign in the kingdom. 4 Inst. 78.

In the civil law. A method of dividing property held in common by two or more joint owners. See Hayes v. Cuny, 9 Mart. O. S. (La.) 87.

(That you take for the fine or in mercy.) Formerly, if the verdict was for the defendant, the plaintiff was adjudged to be amerced for his false claim; but. if the verdict

A chief rent.

Head-fields; lands lying at the head or upper end of furrows etc. Capitnlnm est clericorum congregatio sub uno decano in ecclesia cathedrali. A chapter is a congregation of clergy under one dean

In old English law. A wolf’s head. An outlawed felon was said to be caput lupinum. and might be knocked on the head, like a wolf.

As a legal term, this word means diligence, prudence, discretion, attentiveuess, watchfulness, vigilance. It is the opposite of negligence or carelessness. There are three degrees of care in the law, corresponding (Inversely)

In old English law. An immunity or privilege. Cowell.

In old English law. A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; a power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 18, 1. 30.

A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own.