Caducus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Caduca, L. Lat. [from cadere, to fall.] In the civil and old common law. Falling, fallen. Caducus mot' bus; the falling sickness.
Cowell.
Caduca ligna; fallen wood. Spelman, voc. Cablida, Glans caduca; nuts or acorns that fall from the tree.
Dig, 50. 16. 30. 4.