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Caducus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Falling.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

cadnca, I. I. In escheated; falling or ing sickness. Cadnca

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Ealluig. Caduca: escheats.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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.