Category: C

A factor who continues abroad for traffic, (37 Edw. III. c. 16;) also the general book wherein any corporation, etc., register their acts, (3 & 4 Edw. VI. c. 10.)

Adverse; antagonistic; opposing or contradicting; contrary. Silli- man v. Eddy, 8 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 122.

At common law, a release was a form of transfer of real estate where some right to it existed in one person but the actual possession was in another; and the possession

Interest and dividend certificates ; also those parts of a commercial instrument which are to be cut, and which are evidence of something connected with the contract mentioned in the instrument. They

A court erected by act of congress under the articles of confederation which preceded the adoption of the constitution. It had appellate jurisdiction in prize causes.

In American law. Though this term is frequently used as a general designation of any court exercising general, original jurisdiction in civil cases, (being used interchangeably with “trial-court,”) it belonged as a

Custom ; duty ; toll; tribute. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

The phrase “covered into the treasury,” as used in acts of congress C and the practice of the United States treas- ury department, means that money has actually been paid into the

A foreign merchant, but generally taken for one who has a stall in a fair or market. Blount.

A female creditor.

Such crimes as are punishable by the force of the common law, as distinguished from crimes created by statute. Wilkins v. U. S., _ 96 Fed. 837, 37 C. C. A. 588;

An action or proceeding instituted in a proper court on behalf of the public for the purpose of securing the conviction and punishment of one accused of crime. Harger v. Thomas. 44

Errors being assigned by the respondent in a writ of error, the errors assigned on both sides are called “cross-errors.” As to cross “Appeal,” “Bill,” “Complaint,” “Examination,” “Remainder,” “Rules,” see those titles.

See PUNISHMENT.

Whose is the advantage, his also should be the disadvantage.

Lat. In old English law. Guilty. Culpabilis de intrusione,

These abbreviations stand for “cent” or “cents,” and any of them, placed at the top or head of a column of figures, sufficiently indicates the denomination of the figures below. Jackson v.

Brush-wood, or more properly windfall-wood.

The others being silent : the other judges expressing no opinion. Comb. 18G.

In practice. A formal method of causing a nonsuit to be entered. When a plaintiff or his counsel, seeing that sufficient evidence has not been given to maintain the issue, withdraws. the