Category: C

Covenants usually inserted in a conveyance of land, on the part of the grantor, and binding him for the completeness. security, and continuance of the title transferred to the grantee. They comprise

Pusillanimity; fear; misbehavior through fear in relation to some duty to be performed before an enemy. O’Brien, Ct M. 142; Coil v. State, 62 Neb. 15, 80 N. W. 925.

One who is trustworthy and entitled to be believed; in law and legal proceedings, one who is entitled to have his oath or affidavit accepted as reliable, not only on account of

A term used in heraldry; It signifies the devices set over a coat of arms.

The crime of rape.

A cross-bearer, who went before the prelate. Wharton

The criminal side of the court of king’s bench. The king’s attorney in this court is called “master of the crown office.” 4 Bl. Comm. 308.

An engine of correction for .common scolds, which in the Saxon language is said to signify the scolding-stool, though now it is frequently corrupted into ducking-stool, because the judgment was that, when

2 Inst. 493. An accessory matter is subject to the same jurisdiction as its principal.

In old English law. A base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant’s estate. Blount; Du Cange.

Common law procedure, in reference to the English acts so entitled.

A dead human body; a corpse. Cadaver nulling in bonis, no one can have a right of property in a corpse. 3 Co. Inst. 110, 2 Bl. Comm. 429; Griffith v. Railroad

In old law. A right to take fuel yearly. Cowell.

The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandi animo,) i. e., with a malicious

A part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or in common.

The system of fundamental rules and maxims which are recognized as governing the construction or interpretation of written instruments.

In old records. A box, cabinet, or repository in which were preserved the relics of martyrs. Spelman. A small building in which relics were preserved; an oratory or chapel. Id. In old

Chief warden or magistrate; mayor. Fleta, lib. 2, c.

A covering for the head, mentioned in St. 1 Hen. IV. and other old statutes, which prescribe what dresses shall be worn by all degrees of persons. Jacob.

In International law. One who takes or seizes property in time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who takes a prize at sea.