Cancelli

The rails or balusters inclosing the bar of a court of justice or the communion table; also the lines drawn on the face of a will or other writing, with the intention of revoking or annuling it. Wharton. CANDIDATE (Lat. candidus, white). Said to be from the custom of Roman candidates to clothe themselves in a white tunic. One who offers himself for an office. One must offer himself either directly, or by consenting to the presentation of his name It has been held to include persons seek' ing a nomination for office. 112 Pa. St. 624.

I. Bars laid across each other; lattices, with bars laid crosswise, one over another; composed of such cross-bars, to keep off the without obslructmg their view of the court the court of chancery.

The rails or lattice work or balusters inclosing the bar of a court of justice or the communion table. Also the lines drawn on the face of a will or other writing, with the intention of revoking or annulling it,

Lat. Lattices, or windows made' with bars laid cross-wise, one over another. Enclosures in courts, composed of such cross-bars, to keep off the press of the people, without obstructing their view of the court, (ingressum prohibentes, nan visum.) Spelman, voc. Cancellarius. CassiodoruM, lib. 11. form. 6. The use of cancelli, in the sense of a railing or enclosure in courts, occurs as early as the time of Cicero. De Oral. i. 12. Spelman says the bars of courts (barra,) were formerly called cancelli, and the advocates who pleaded there cancellarii, (citing Budaus;) the space within the bar was called cancellorum area. See Bar. A cancellis curia explodi; to be expelled from the bar. Spelman, ub. sup. These cancelli are otherwise called by this writer fenestrates partitiones, partitions with windows. So Cassiodorus speaks of them as lucida fore Sf (transparent doors,) claustra patentia, (open barriers,) fenestrates janua, (windowed gates.) Cassiod. ub. sup.