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Category: C

CONDITIONAL FEE (ESTATE)

the owning of property that is similar to a fee simple except the property must eventually be passed on to the heirs.

CONTRACT PRICE

the term given to the amount of money that is to paid under a contract to render a service.

CO-EQUAL

the term that is applied to something being the same rank, of the same value and equal to something else.

COVER UP

This term is given to mean to hide a thing that is unlawful or to evade and impede investigations.

CRIME COMMON-LAW

These are crimes that are committed and are punishable under common law and not crimes that have been created by statutes.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION

This term is applied to the binding promise or obligation that comes from an agreement or contract.

CONNALLY ACT

federal law that aids states by limiting the amount of oil that can be produced from certain fields.

COST OF LIVING CLAUSE

a clause that provides for the adjustment of prices for goods and services that according to cost of living changes.

CHARITABLE TRUST

a trust whose assets and income will benefit the general public or a large group of the general public.

COST-PLUS CONTRACT

the agreement that fixes the amount to be paid to a contractor for costs of materials and labour.

CORRUPTING THE MORALS OF A MINOR

the term that is given to the actions of an adult that leads a child to partake in an activity that is immoral or to witness an immoral activity.

CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

the action taken when a person fails to testify or appear when ordered to do so by Congress or one of its appointed committees.

CONTUMELY

This means to be insolent, rude or to act with disdain.

CONSENT FOR AUTOPSY

where permission is given by the nearest kin that allows a post mortem to take place.

CONCURRENT JURISDICTION

an authority that has been conferred on 2 or more courts to hear and decide similar cases. Or it the jurisdiction of a government agency and a court with the same jurisdiction.

CERTIFICATION OF RECORD ON APPEAL

the term that applies to the signing of papers by a judge that attests to the fact that this is an appeal that is based on a bill of exceptions.

COHABIT

This term applies to people living together as a husband and wife whether a marriage has occurred or not.

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