日期：2008-03-12 COURT OF EXCHEQUER , Eng. law. A court of record anciently established for the trial of all matters relating to the revenue of the crown. Bac. Ab. h. t. COURT OF FACULTIES , Eng. eccl. law. The name of a court which belongs to the archbishop, in whi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COURT CHRISTIAN . An ecclesiastical judicature, known in England, so called from its handling matters of an ecclesiastical or religious nature. 2 Inst. 488. Formerly the jurisdiction of these courts was not thus Iimited. The emperor Theodosius promu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS . Certain officers generally entrusted with the superintendence of the collection of the county taxes, and the disbursements made. for the county. They are administrative officers, invested by the local laws with various powers.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COUNTERPART , contracts. Formerly each party to an indenture executed a separate deed; that part which was executed by the grantor was called the original, and the rest the counterparts. It is now usual for all the parties to execute every part, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COUNT , pleading. This word, derived from the French conte, a narrative, is in our old law books used synonymously with declaration but practice has introduced the following distinction: when the plaintiff's complaint embraces only a single cause of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COUNSEL . Advice given to another as to what he ought to do or not to do. 2. To counsel another to do an unlawful act, is to become accessory to it, if it be a felony, or principal, if it be treason, or a misdemeanor. By the term counsel is also und... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CORTES . The name of the legislative assemblies of Spain and Portugal. COSENAGE , torts. Deceit, fraud: that kind of circumvention and wrong, which has no other specific name. Vide Ayl. Pand. 103 Dane's Ab. Index, h. t. COSMOPOLITE . A citizen of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CORREGIDOR , Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various misdemeanors, and of civil matters. 2 White's Coll. 53. CORRELATIVE . This term is used to designate those things, one of which cannot exist without another; for example, father... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CORPUS DELICTI . The body of the offence; the essence of the crime 2. It is a general rule not to convict unless the corpus delicti can be established, that is, until the dead body has been found. Best on Pres. 201; 1 Stark. Ev. 575, See 6 C. P. 176... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CORPORATOR . One who is a member of a corporation. 2. In general, a corporator is entitled to enjoy all the benefits and rights which belong to any other member of the corporation as such. But in some corporations, where the rights are of a pecuniar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CORPORAL . An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. CORPORAL... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 COPYHOLD , estate in the English law. A copyhold estate is a parcel of a manor, held at the will of the lord, according to the custom of the manor, by a grant from the lord, and admittance of the tenant, entered on the rolls of the manor court. Crui... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CO-PLAINTIFF . One who is plaintiff in an action with another. COPULATIVE TERM . One which is placed between two or more others to join them together: the word and is frequently used for this purpose. For example, a man promises to pay another a cer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONVOCATION , eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of convocations, see Shelf. on M. D. 23., See Court of Convocation. CONVOY , mar. law. A naval force under... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONVEYANCER . One who makes it his business to draw deeds of conveyance of lands for others., 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2422. 2. It is usual also for conveyancers to act as brokers for the seller. In these cases the conveyancer should examine with scrupulous... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONVERSION , in equity, The considering of one thing as changed into another; for example, land will be considered as converted into money, and treated as such by a court of equity, when the owner has contracted to sell his estate in which case, if... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONVENTIO , canon law. The act of convening or calling together the parties, by summoning the defendant. Vide Reconvention. When the defendant was brought to answer, he was said to be convened, which the canonists called conventio, because the plain... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONTUMACY , civil law. The refusal or neglect of a party accused to appear and answer to a charge preferred against him in a court of justice. This word is derived from the Latin contumacia, disobedience. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 455; Ayl. Parer. 196; Dig.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONTRIBUTIONS , public law. Taxes or money contributed to the support of the government. 2. Contributions are of three kinds, namely: first, those which arise from persons on account of their property, real or personal, or which are imposed upon the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-12 CONTRIBUTION , contracts. When two or more persons jointly owe a debt, and one is compelled to pay the whole of it, the others are bound to indemnify him for the payment of their shares; this indemnity is called a contribution. 1 Bibb. R. 562; 4 Joh... 阅读全文>>