Category: C

To declare; to recite; to state a case; to narrate the facts constituting a plaintiff’s cause of action. In a special sense, to set out the claim or count of the demandant

In criminal law. One who unlawfully makes base coin in imitation of the true metal, or forges false currency, or any instrument of writing, bearing a likeness and similitude to that which

Those whose general authority and jurisdiction are confined within the limits of the county in which they are appointed, who are appointed in and for a particular county, and whose duties apply

In legislation. A legislative assembly. Parliament is called in the old books a court of the king, nobility, and commons assembled. Finch, Law, b. 4, c. 1, p. 233; Fleta, lib. 2,

An expression applied especially to tlie court of exchequer chamber and the bouse of lords, as taking cognizance of error brought. Mozley & Whitley. It is applied in some of the United

Courts of criminal jurisdiction existing In California, New York, and one or two other of the United States.

A covenant by one who had a right of action at the time of mak ing it against another person, by which he agrees not to sue to enforce such right of

A liberty to use a crane for drawing up goods and wares of burden from ships and vessels, at any creek of the sea, or wharf, unto the land, and to make

Worthiness of belief; that quality in a witness which renders his evidence worthy of belief. After the competence of a witness is allowed, the consideration of his credibility arises, and not before.

In old records. A sudden stream or torrent; a rising or inundation.

In the civil law. The crime of falsifying; which might be committed either by writing, as by the forgery of a will or other instrument; by words, as by bearing false witness,

A little close adjoining a dwelling-house, and inclosed for pasture and tillage or any particular use. Jacob. A small place fenced off in which to keep farm-cattle. Spelman. The word Is now

A paper containing the list of criminal cases which await the hearing or decision of the court, and particularly of the court of king’s bench; and it then includes all cases arising

For whose good; for whose use or benefit “Cui bono is ever of great weight in all agreements.” Parker, C. J., 10 Mod. 135. Sometimes translated, for what good, for what useful

The chiefest part of everything is the beginning. Dig. 1, 2, 1; 10 Coke, 49a.

When the proofs of facts are present, what need is there of words? 2 Bulst 53.

An abbreviation for curia regis; also for chancery reports.

In the civil law. Property of an inheritable quality; property such as descends to an heir. Also the lapse of a testamentary disposition or legacy. Also an escheat ; escheated property. BL.LAW

The calendar year is composed of twelve months, varying in length according to the common or Gregorian calendar. In re Parker’s Estate, 14 Wkly. Notes Cas. (Pa.) 506. 2. A list or

A chamberlain. Spelman.