C
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A brand on the forehead as a punishment for counterfeiting in Rhode Island.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
As the third letter of the alphabet, is used as a numeral, in like manner with that use of A and B, (q. vt) The letter is also used to designate the third of a series of propositions, sections, etc., as A, B, and the others are used as numerals. It is used as an abbreviation of many words of which it is the initial letter; such as cases, civil, circuit, code, common, court, criminal, chancellor, crown.
—CT.
—CTS. These abbreviations stand for "cent" or "cents," and any of them, placed at the top or head of a column of figures, sufficiently indicates the denomination of the figures below. Jackson v. Cummings, 15 III. 453; Hunt v. Smith, 9 Kan. 137; Linck v. Litchfield, 141 III. 469, 31 N. E. 123.