Culprit

A person who is guilty, or supposed to be guilty, of a crime. When a prisoner is arraigned, and he pleads not guilty, in English practice, the clerk, who arraigns him on behalf of the crown, replies that the prisoner is guilty, and that he is ready to prove the accusation.. This is done by writing two monosyllabic abbreviations,— cul. prit.

4 Bla. Com. 339; 1 Chit. Cr. Law 416. See Christian's note to Bla. Com. cited; 3 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 340, n. 9.

The technical meaning has disappeared, and the compound is used in the popular sense as above given. place when a lord seizes his tenant's estate. Blount; Du Cange. CUM ONERE (Lat). With the burden; subject to the incumbrance; subject to the charge. A purchaser with knowledge of an incumbrance takes the property cum (mere. Co. Litt 231a; 7 East 164. CUM TESTAMENTO ANNEXO (Lat). With the will annexed. The term is applied to administration when tbere is no executor named in a will, or if he who is named is incapable of acting, or where the executor named refuses to act. If the executor has died, an administrator de bonis non cum tcx- 1(un en to anncxo (of the goods not [already] administered upon with the will annexed) is appointed. Often abbreviated d. b. n. c. t. a.