Author: Encyclopedic
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Contemptibiliter
Contemptuously. …
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Contemner
A person guilty of contempt of court. …
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Consultation
Where an action for libel was removed from the ecclesiastical court by the prerogative writ of prohibition to the King’s Court, and the judges of the King’s Court found the complaint of libel unfounded, then after deliberation or consultation they ordered the cause to […]
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Contemporanea Expositio Est Optlma Et Fortissima In Lege
A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerful in the law. Coke, 2d Inst. 11; 3 Coke, 7; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 608. …
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Contemplation Of Bankruptcy
As applied to transfers of property by an insolvent. In contemplation of committing an act in bankruptcy (q.v.), or of applying for the benefits of the bankrupt law. 13 How. (U.S.) 167; Fed. Cas. No. 3,317. …
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Contenementum
(Law Lat. from eon, together, and tenementum, a tenement, or thing holden). Countenance; appearance; credit or reputation. …
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Consulta Ecclesia
In eccleslasUcal law. A church full or provided for. Cowell. …
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Consuetudo Vincit Communem Legem
Custom overrules common law. 1 Roper, Husb. & Wife, 351; Co. Litt. 33b. …
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Consuetudo Volentes Ducit; Lex Nolentes Trahlt
Custom leads the willing; law compels or draws the unwilling. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 274. …
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Consultary Response
The opinion of a court of law on a special case. Wharton. …
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Consuetudo Tollit Communem Legem
Custom takes away the common law. Co. Litt. 88b. …
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Consular Courts
Courts wherein, pursuant to treaty, the consul exercises judicial powers in cases involving the rights of citizens of the country by which he is commissioned. 1 Kent, Comm. 42. …
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Consuetudo Semel Reprobata Non Potest Ampllus Inducl
Custom once disallowed cannot again be produced. Dav. 33; Grounds and Rudiments of Law, 53. …
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Consuetudo Regni Angliae Est Lex Angllae
The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 119. …
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Consuetudo Est Optimus Interpres Legum
Custom is the best expounder of the law. Coke, 2d Inst. 18; Dig. 1. 3. 37; Jenks. Cent. Cas. 273. …