Category: C

An abbreviation for “criminal conversation,” of very frequent use, denoting adultery. Gibson v. Cincinnati Enquirer. 10 Fed. Cas. 311.

The intent to commit a crime: malice, as evidenced by a criminal act; an intent to deprive or defraud the true owner of his property. People v. Moore. 3 N. Y. Cr.

A mark made by persons who are unable to write, to stand instead of a signature; usually made in the form of a Maltese cross. As an adjective, the word is applied

In old English law. Signed or marked with a cross. Pilgrims to the holy land, or crusaders; so called because they wore the sign of the cross upon their garments. Spelman.

Any one may waive or renounce tlie benefit of a principle or rule of law that exists only for bis protectiou.

2 Inst. 208. It is a fault for any one to meddle in a matter not pertaining to him.

One who frequently excites and stirs up groundless suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise. State v. Chit- ty, 1 Bailey, (S. C.) 379; Com. v. Davis, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 432.

The advisory board or council of a king or other chief executive. In the government of the United States the cabinet is composed of the secretary of state, the sec- cretary of

A surgical operation whereby the foetus, which can neither make its way into the world by the ordinary and natural passage, nor be extracted by the attempts of art, whether the mother

In Scotch practice. See this described in Bell. Diet.

In mercantile law. A person skilled in exchanges; one who trades in promissory notes and bills of exchange.

Chancery; the court of chancery. Curia canccllaria is also used in the same sense. See 4 Bl. Comm. 40; Cowell.

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical benefice, attaching to the office of canon. Holthouse.

A writ, in the nature of a reprisal, which lies for one whose goods or cattle, taken under a distress, are removed from the county, so that they cannot be replevied, commanding

A chief pledge; a head borough. Townsh. PI. 35.

In military law. The surrender of a fort or fortified town to a besieging army; the treaty or agreement between the commanding officers which embodies the terms and conditions on which the

The head or upper part of a place.

In criminal law. Small papers or pasteboards of an oblong or rectangular shape, on which are printed figures or points, used in playing certain games. See Estes v. State, 2 Humph. (Tenn.)

In pleading. A technical phrase essential in an indictment to charge the defendant with the crime of rape.

Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (Including necessary vehicles,) of husbandry. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.