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Category: C

CONTINGENT FEE SYSTEM

a term given to the fees paid to an attorney where the client pays a sum that depends on how much he is awarded.

CONVENING ORDER

a statement that says that the court was in session and did its business at a certain place at a certain time.

CERTIFICATE OF PARTNERSHIP

the written statement that names all of the partners involved in a company and is filed with the correct authorities.

CRIMINAL OFFENSE

This is the offense that will be tried in a criminal court and not a civil court.

COGENT

This term applies to something that is convincing, compelling and appeals to reason.

CONSENT BY SIBLING

Used in medical jurisprudence where a brother or sister is the nearest available next of kin and can give consent to treatment.

CONSENT ORAL

the term that applies to a spoken consent usually when it is not possible to get written consent.

CONJECTURAL EVIDENCE

This term applies to any evidence that is based on an estimate or a guess and is insufficient to form the basis of a conclusion.

CONSONANT STATEMENT

where a witnesses testimony has been attacked and labelled as false and the court allows testimony from the person who was given the testimony that it was deemed to have been reliable

CERTIFICATE OF ABSTRACTOR

the certificate that verifies the abstractor of titles to property that shows the records of titles covered by the search.

CERTIFICATION OF QUESTION

the practice in a case or a question of law that is referred to by a lower court to a higher court to make a decision.

CLEARING THE COURTROOM

This up to the presiding judge who will removal all onlookers and any guests from the courtroom during proceedings.

CASH CONTRACT

the contract that does not create a debt due to the contract being fulfilled with the payment of cash.

CREDIT UNION

A non-profit financial corporation that is organized for the purpose of obtaining credit for its members.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

the name given to the statute that controls the distribution and outlawing of addictive and narcotic substances and drugs.

CIRCA

a Latin term for about or around such as a relic being circa 500BC.

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