Category: C

A head-man; commander; commanding officer. The captain of a warvessel is the officer first in command. In the United States navy, the rank of “captain” is intermediate between that of “commander” and

In old English law. The head of a port. The town to which a port belongs, and which gives the denomination to the port, and is the head of it. Hale de

(spelled, also, Carreta and Correct a.) A cart; a cart-load.

Cloth made in the northern parts of England, of a coarse kind, mentioned in 7 Jac. I. c. 16. Jacob.

In French marine law. A chart.

This term, as used in the constitution of the United States, embraces claims or contentions of litigants brought before the court for adjudication by regular proceedings established for the protect tion or

(Lat. That the bill be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement, where the action was commenced by bill, (billa.) 3 Bl. Comm.

In the Roman law. Relating to the camp or military service.

In old English Law. Chattels. The word among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are still called, “cattle,” but, in a secondary sense, the term was applied

The statute of 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain

A writ lying where a woman has given lands to a man in feesimple with the intention that he shall marry her, and he refuses so to do within a reasonable time,

Security by means of bonds or pledges entered into by third parties.’ Du Cange.

Lat. In the civil and common law. To take care; to exercise caution; to take care or provide for; to provide by law; to provide against; to forbid by law; to give

In Saxon law. An expiatory mulct or fine paid to the relations of a murdered person by the murderer or his relations. Spelman.

In ecclesiastical law. A spiritual punishment, consisting in withdrawing from a baptized person (whether belonging to the clergy or the laity) a privilege which the church gives him, or in wholly expelling

He took and led away. The emphatic words in writs in trespass or indictments for larceny, where the thing taken was a living chattel, i. e., an animal.

A certificate of a corporation or joint- stock company that the person named is the owner of a designated number of shares of its stock; given when the subscription is fully paid

(Let process stay.) A stay of proceedings entered on the record.

Traffic; the practice of buying and selling

Chamberlainship; the office of a chamberlain. Cowell.