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Cassare

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To quash; to render void; to break.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To nullify; to annul; to dismiss.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To quash; to render void; to break. Du Cange.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To quash; to render void; to break.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old Englifih law. To quash, or make void; to annul; to abate. Cassabitur breve: the writ shall be quashed. Cassatae: quashed, v. Cassetur.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To quash; to render void; to break.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/., Casser,/r. To break; to annul, quash. Cassatio, /.: a quashing, an abatement. Cassation,^^.: the annulling or appeal of a judgment; the Prench highest court of appeal. Cassetur billa or breve: let the bill or writ be quashed; the form of judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from Lat. ca8su9, void.] In old pleading and practice. To quash, or make void, \irritum reddere); to annul. Ducange. Cassatce; quashed, as pleas, {excepiiones.) Bract, fol. 394. To abate. Tovms, PL 26, 69.