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CUSTOS SPIRITUALIUM

In English ecclesiastical law. Keeper of the spiritualities. lie who exercises the spiritual jurisdiction of a diocese during the vacancy of the see. Cowell.

CURATIVE

Intended to cure (that is, to obviate the ordinary legal effects or consequences of) defects, errors, omissions, or irregularities. Applied particularly to statutes, a “curative act” being a retrospective law passed in

CURIA DOMINI

In old English law. The lord’s court, house,or hall, where all the tenants met at the time of keeping court. Cowell.

CURRENT ACCOUNT

An open, running, or unsettled account between two parties. Tucker v. Quimby, 37 Iowa. l’J; Franklin v. Camp, 1 N. J. Law, 190; Wilson v. Calvert, 18 Ala. 274.

CURTESY

The estate to which by common law a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands or tenements of which she was seised iu possession in fee-simple or

CUSTOM OF YORK

A custom of intestacy in the province of York similar to that of London. Abolished by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94.

CUSTOS TEM- PORALIUM

In English ecclesiastical law. The person to whom a vacant see or abbey was given by the king, as supreme lord. His office was, as steward of the goods and profits, to

CURATOR

In the civil law. A person who is appointed to take care of anything for another. A guardian. One appointed to take care of the state of a minor above a certain

CURRENT EXPENSES

Ordinary, regular, and continuing expenditures for the maintenance of property, the carrying on of an ollioe, municipal government, etc. Sheldon v. Purdy, 17 Wash. 135, 49 Pac. 228; State v. Board of

CURTEYN

The name of King Edward the Confessor’s sword. It is said that the point of it was broken, as an emblem of mercy. (Mat. Par. in Hen. III.) Wharton.

CUSTOMARY

According to custom or usage; founded on, or growing out of, or dependent on, a custom, (q. v.)

CUSTOS TERRAE

In old English law. Guardian, warden, or keeper of the land.

CYRICSCEAT

(From c-yric, church, and sceat, a tribute.) In Saxon law. A tribute or payment due to the church. Cowell.

CURATOR AD LITEM

Guardian for the suit. In English law, the corresponding phrase is “guardian ad litem.”

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