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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

When a company gets the upper hand because is of similar value and a lower price than its competition.

COMPLEMENTARY DEMAND

The product’s demand that is predicted by another similar product. AKA joint demand. Refer to complementary product.

C L P

Common law procedure, in reference to the English acts so entitled.

CADAVER

A dead human body; a corpse. Cadaver nulling in bonis, no one can have a right of property in a corpse. 3 Co. Inst. 110, 2 Bl. Comm. 429; Griffith v. Railroad

CALEFAGIUM

In old law. A right to take fuel yearly. Cowell.

CAIUMNI

The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandi animo,) i. e., with a malicious

CAMPARTUM

A part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or in common.

CANONS OF CONSTRUCTION

The system of fundamental rules and maxims which are recognized as governing the construction or interpretation of written instruments.

CAPELLA

In old records. A box, cabinet, or repository in which were preserved the relics of martyrs. Spelman. A small building in which relics were preserved; an oratory or chapel. Id. In old

CAPITITIUM

A covering for the head, mentioned in St. 1 Hen. IV. and other old statutes, which prescribe what dresses shall be worn by all degrees of persons. Jacob.

CAPTOR

In International law. One who takes or seizes property in time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who takes a prize at sea.

CARCARE

In old English law. To load ; to load a vessel; to freight.

CARIAGIUM

In old English law. Carriage; the carrying of goods or other things for the king.

COMMON CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS

Common, carriers of passengers are such as undertake for hire to carry all persons indifferently who may anplv for passage. Oillinghnm v. Railroad Co.. 35 W. Va. 5S

CASH-ACCOUNT

A record, in book-keeping, of all cash transactions; an account of moneys received and expended.

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