Category: C

A word mentioned in 9 Hen. VI. c. 65, by the sense of which it was in those days a kind of trade, and by the judges declared to be lawful. But

In medical jurisprudence. A scar; the mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a ridge of flesh

Evidence directed to the attending circumstances ; evidence which inferentially proves the principal fact by establishing a condition of surrounding and limiting circumstances, whose existence is a premise from which the existence

In its original sense, this word means pertaining or appropriate to a member of a civitas or free political community; natural or proper to a citizen. Also, relating to the community, or

Secret; hidden; concealed. The “clandestine importation” of goods is a term used in English statutes as equivalent to “smuggling.” Keck v. U. S., 172 U. S. 434, 19 Sup. Ct. 254, 43

In old English law. An ineiosure. C’lausura Ucya:, the inclosure of a hedge. Cowell.

In canon law. The collection of decretals or constitutions of Pope Clement V., made by order of John XXII., his successor, who published it in 1317. CLEMENT’S INN. An inn of chancery.

In old English law. Clerk of the market. 2 Inst. 543.

in the principal registry of the probate division of the English high court, discharge the duty of preparing and passing the grants of probate and letters of administration, under the supervision of

The procedure in deliberative assemblies whereby debate is closed. Introduced in the English parliament in the session of 1882

In English law. A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commissioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for the more ready

A code compiled by the emperor Theodosius the younger, A. D. 438. being a methodical collection, in sixteen books, of all the imperial constitutions then in force. It was the only body

In English law. A writ to a justice of the common pleas, or other, who has power to take a fine, who, having taken the fine, defers to certify it, commanding him

The trial which was anciently used for the common sort of people, who, having a cord tied about them under their arms, were cast into a river ; if they sank to

An oflicer of the United States, appointed for the term of four years. Act May 15, 1820.

A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose, as to defraud a third party of

A forcible encounter between two or more persons; a battle; a duel. Trial by battle.

In old English law. A countess; an earl’s wife.

In ecclesiastical law. Such as are written by one bishop to another on behalf of any of the clergy, or others of his diocese traveling thither, that they may be received among

In ecclcsiastical law. One who is sent or delegated to execute some office or duty as the representative of his superior; an officer of the bishop, who exercises spiritual jurisdiction in distant