Category: C

To bring into being; to cause to exist; to produce; as, to create a trust in lands, to create a corporation. Edwards v. Bibb, 54 Ala. 481; McClellan v. McClellan, 65 lie.

In Saxon law. To put out an eye; which had a pecuniary punishment of fifty shillings annexed to it

The crime or offense of theft.

One who decoys and plunders sailors under cover of harboring them. Wharton.

In English law. Debts due to the crown, which are put, by various statutes, upon a different footing from those due to a subject.

The hue and cry raised by the people in ancient times, where a felony had been committed and the constable was absent.

The risk lies upon the owner of the subject. Tray. Lat. Max. 114.

In old Scotch law. A species of pledge or cautioner, (ScotticG, back boryh,) used in cases of the replevin of persons from one man’s court to another’s. Skene.

An abbreviation for Code of Civil Procedure; also for court of common pleas.

In Spanish law. An official statement of the quantity and value of real property in spy district, made for the purpose of justly apportioning the taxes payable on such property. 12 Pet

A term used vulgarly, and occasionally in judicial proceedings and law reports, to designate a jail or prison, partic- uarly a town or city jail or lock-up. Supposed to be a corruption

In the civil law. Calumny, malice, or ill design; a false accusation ; a malicious prosecution. Lanning v. Christy, 30 Ohio St. 115, 27 Am. Rep. 431. In the old common law.

A chamberlain; a keeper of the public money; a treasurer. Also a bailiff or receiver.

In old records. A trial by hot iron, formerly used in England. Whish- aw.

In English practice. A judicial writ touching a plea of lands or tenements, divided into cape magnum, or the grand cape, which lay before appearance to summon the tenant to answer the

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

In the civil law. One who had suffered capitis diminutio, one who lost status or legal attributes. See Dig. 4, 5.

In practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority it is taken, found, or executed. State v. Sutton, 5 N.

In French law. An instrument of punishment, somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself. Biret, Vocab.

In old English law. To charge. Spelman.