CREDIBILITY
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.
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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.
A corn-field; a field of grain. Blount; Cowell; Jacob.
Pertaining to, or in conformity to, the canons of the church.
In the action of account render, after judgment of quod computet, if the defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue
The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This ofiice originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatly diminished by Magna
A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 1?1. Comm. 343; Crabb, Eng. Law, 130, et seq.
In Saxon law. The estimation or value of the head, that is, the price or value of a man’s life.
A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Co. Litt. 620.
Life and annuity tables, compiled at Carlisle, England, about 1780. Used by actuaries, eta