Category: C

One who has committed a criminal offense; one who bas been legally convicted of a crime; one adjudged guilty of crime. Molineux v. Collins. 177 N. Y. 395. 09 N. E. 727,

A crofter; one holding a croft.

In England, the solicitor to the treasury acts, in state prosecutions, as solicitor for the crown in preparing the prosecution. In Ireland there are officers called “crown solicitors” attached to each circuit,

To whomsoever a jurisdiction is given, those things also are supposed to be granted, without which the jurisdiction cannot be exercised. Dig. 2, 1, 2. The grant of jurisdiction implies the grant

In old records. The laying up a ship in a dock, in order to be repaired. Cowell; Blount

Equity never counteracts the laws.

An abbreviation for cum testa- mento annexo, in describing a species of administration.

Relating to or of the nature of escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation, 2 Bl. Comm. 245.

In English practice. A list kept by the sheriffs containing the names of all the prisoners in their custody, with the several judgments against each in the margin. Staundef. P. C. 182

In Spanish law. Exchange. Schm. Civil Law, 148.

In old English law. The fighting of two champions or combatants in the field; the judicial combat or duellum. 3 Inst. 221.

That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese he is beneficed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.

A judicial writ, (usually simply termed a “capias,”) by which actions at law were frequently commenced; and which commands the sheriff to take the defendant, and him safely keep, so that he

Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. The title of the chief justice of the king’s bench, first assumed in the latter part of the reign of Henry III. 2 Reeve,

Articles of inquiry which were anciently delivered to the justices in eyre when they set out on their circuits. These schedules were designed to include all possible varieties of crime. 2 Reeve,

The first day of the year.

A prison should be used for keeping persons, not for puuish- ing them. Co. Litt. 200a.

In the Roman law. Literally, a verse or song. A formula or form of words used on various occasions, as of divorce. Tayl. Civil Law, 349.

To prosecute or pursue a particular avocation or form of business as a continuous and permanent occupation and substantial employment. A single act or business transaction is not sufficient, but the systematic

A carve of land; plow-land. Britt. c. 84.