COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK
The oldest court in the state of New York. Its jurisdiction is unlimited as respects amount, but restricted to the city and county of New York as respects locality. It has also
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The oldest court in the state of New York. Its jurisdiction is unlimited as respects amount, but restricted to the city and county of New York as respects locality. It has also
A species of private courts of a limited though extensive jurisdiction, which, upon the thorough reduction of that principality and the settling of its polity in the reign of Henry VIII., were
In practice. The name of a common-law form of action ex contractu, which lies for the recovery of damages for breach of a covenant, or contract under seal. Stickney v. Stickney, 21
A secret conspiracy or agree- . ment between two or more persons to injure J or defraud another. Mix v. Muzzy, 28 Conn. 191; Anderson v. Oscamp (Ind. App.) 35 N. E.
Worthy of belief; entitled to credit. See COMPETENCY.
2 Inst. 479. Vice increasing, punishment ought also to increase.
The nameless crime; the crime against nature; sodomy or buggery.
The crosicr, or pastoral staff.
Criminal law in England is sometimes so termed, the crown being always the prosecutor in criminal proceedings. 4 Bl. Comm. 2.
A chapel or oratory underground, or under a church or cathedral. Du Cange.
To whomsoever the soil belongs, he owns also to the sky and to the depths. The owner of a piece of land owns everything above and below it to an indefinite extent.
A parcel of arable land. Blount.
An abbreviation for chief justice; also for circuit judge.
In French law. An official statement of the quantity and value of realty made for purposes of taxation; same as cadastre, (q. v.)
In old French law. A punishment of sailors, resembling the modern “keelhauling.”
In the old canon law. An oath similar to the calumniw jusjurandum, (q. v.)
In Spanish law. A road or highway. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 2, 1. 6.
A body of ecclesiastical jurisprudence which, in countries where the Roman Catholic church is established, is composed of maxims and rules drawn from patristic sources, ordinances and decrees of general councils, and
A species of cane magnum.
In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis barn scaccurii domini rents, chid’ baron of the exchequer. Townsh. PI. 211.