Category: C

Lat. In the civil law. A relation by the mother’s side; a cognate. A relation, or kinsman, generally

The process or the function of coining metallic money; also the great mass of metallic money in circulation. Meyer v. Roosevelt, 25 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 105; U. S. v. Otey (C.

See C. O. D.

A hood or covering for the shoulders, formerly worn by serjeants at law.

An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old. Mallory v. Berry, 16 Kan. 295; Pullen v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91.

Counts or earls. Attendants or followers. Persons composing the retinue of a high functionary. Persons who are attached to the suite of a public minister.

In the civil law. Commendation, praise, or recommendation, as in the maxim “simplex commeudatio non obligat,” meaning that mere recommendation or praise of au article by the seller of it does not

In old French law. Forfeiture; the forfeiture of a fief; the penalty attached to the ingratitude of a vassal. Guyot, Inst. Feod. c. 12

Caused by or consisting in acts of commission, as distinguished from neglect, sufferance, or toleration; as in the phrase “commissive waste,” which is contrasted with “permissive waste.” See WASTE

A liberty of taking necessary wood for the use or furniture of a house or farm from off another’s estate. in common with the owner or with others. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.

A lawyer learned in the common law. Common opinion is good authority in law. Co. Litt. 186a; Bank of Utica v. Mersereau. 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 528, 577, 49 Am. Dec.

In old English law. A common plea or civil action, such as an action of debt

A society of people living in the same place, under the same laws and regulations, and who have common rights and privileges. In re Huss, 120 N. Y. 537, 27 N. E.

A comparison by the juxtaposition of two writings, in order, by such comparison, to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. A method of proof resorted to where the genuineness

In the Roman law. The adjournment of a cause, In order to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a cause. Calvin.

The statute of ells and perches. The title of an English statute establishing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Comm. 275.

A submission to arbitration.

The act of computing, numbering, reckoning, or estimat’ng. COMPUTUS 236 CONCESSION The account or estimation of time by rule of law, as distinguished from any arbitrary construction of the parties. Cowell.

(lie grantee and agreed to pay.) In English law. An action of debt upon a simple contract. It lies by custom in the mayor’s court, Loudon, and Bristol city court.

Shutting up a matter; shutting out all further evidence; not admitting of explanation or contradiction; putting an end to inquiry; final; decisive. Hoadley v. Hammond, 63 Iowa, 599, 19 N. W. 794;