Category: C

In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4.

The period which must be spent by a law-student In the office of a practising attorney before admission to the bar. 1 Tidd. Pr. 61, et seq. In re Dunn, 43 N.

An outstanding claim or incumbrance which, if valid, would affect or Impair the title of the owner of a particular estate, and which apparently and on its face has that effect, but

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first Invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land

The old code. The first edition of the Code of Justinian; now lost. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown,

In feudal law. One who, holding in free socage, was obliged to do certain services for the lord. A middle class of tenants between servile and free, who held their freedom of

Indorsement “for collection.” See FOB COLLECTION. COLLEGA. In the civil law. One invested with joint authority. A colleague; an associate.

In the civil law. A money-changer ; a dealer in money

A valley or piece of low ground between two hills. Kennett, Gloss.

In old English law. The dignity and office of a comcs, (count or earl;) the same with what was afterwards called “comitatus.” Also a companion or fellow-traveler; a troop or company of

In feudal law. One who intrusts himself to the protection of another. Spelman. A person who, by voluntary homage, put himself under the protection of a superior lord. Cowell

A Scotch ecclesiastical court of general jurisdiction, held before four commissioners, members of the Faculty of Advocates, appointed by the crown.

In practice. An assembly or board of persons to whom the consideration or management of any matter is committed or referred by some court. Lloyd v. Hart, 2 Pa. 473, 45 Am.

As an adjective, this word denotes usual, ordinary, accustomed; shared amongst several; owned by several jointly. State v. O’Conner, 49 Me. 596; Koen v. State, 35 Neb. 676, 53 N. W. 595,

In English law. The great body of citizens; the mass of the people, excluding the nobility. In American law. The body of people composing a municipal corporation, excluding the corporate officers

In old English law. Common things, res communes. Such as running water, the air, the sea, and sea shores. Bract, fol. 75.

Payment of a designated lump sum (permanent or annual) for the privilege of exemptiou from taxes, or the settlement in advance of a specific sum in lieu of an ad valorem tax.

In the canon law. A kind of spiritual relationship contracted by baptism.

As applied to courts and public officers, this term imports jurisdiction and due legal authority to deal with the particular matter in question. Mitchell v. U. S., 9 Pet. 735. 9 L.