Category: C

In the Roman law. Relating to the camp or military service.

In old English Law. Chattels. The word among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are still called, “cattle,” but, in a secondary sense, the term was applied

The statute of 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain

A writ lying where a woman has given lands to a man in feesimple with the intention that he shall marry her, and he refuses so to do within a reasonable time,

Security by means of bonds or pledges entered into by third parties.’ Du Cange.

Lat. In the civil and common law. To take care; to exercise caution; to take care or provide for; to provide by law; to provide against; to forbid by law; to give

In Saxon law. An expiatory mulct or fine paid to the relations of a murdered person by the murderer or his relations. Spelman.

In ecclesiastical law. A spiritual punishment, consisting in withdrawing from a baptized person (whether belonging to the clergy or the laity) a privilege which the church gives him, or in wholly expelling

He took and led away. The emphatic words in writs in trespass or indictments for larceny, where the thing taken was a living chattel, i. e., an animal.

A certificate of a corporation or joint- stock company that the person named is the owner of a designated number of shares of its stock; given when the subscription is fully paid

(Let process stay.) A stay of proceedings entered on the record.

Traffic; the practice of buying and selling

Chamberlainship; the office of a chamberlain. Cowell.

In English law. An officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all manner of equity relating to

An itinerant vendor of small wares. A trader who trades from place to place. Say. 191, 192.

The word “chart,” as used in the copyright law, does not include sheets of paper exhibiting tabulated or methodically arranged information. Taylor v. Gilman (C. C.) 24 Fed. 632.

Otherwise called “book-land,” is property held by deed under certain rents and free services. It, in effect, differs nothing from the free socage lands, and hence have arisen most of the freehold

A kind of tenure mentioned In a patent of 35 Edw. III. Cowell; Blount

An agreement or composition ; an end or order set down between a creditor or debtor; an indirect gain in point of usury, etc.; also an unlawful bargain or contract. Wharton.

In feudal law. A small rent paid to the lord paramount