Constat

Z. It is clear or evident; it appears. Constat de persona: there is certainty as to the person; there is no doubt about the person. V. Nihil facit, etc.; Non constat; Quod constat, etc.

In English law. A certificate by the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer, made at the request of any person who intends to plead or move in that court for the discharge of any thing, and purporting to certify what appears of record as to the matter; an exemplification under the great seal of the enrolment of letters patent

It is clear or evident; it appears; it is certain; there is no doubt. Non constat, it does not appear. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer made, at the request of any person who intended to plead or move in that court, for the discharge of anything. The effect of it was the certifying what appears (constat) upon record, touching the matter in question. Wharton.

1, v; It appears: literally, it^is established, certain, made manifest. Compare Constate. ' Spies V. People, ib. 237-^9; State v. Winner, 17 Kan. 293(1876); 1 Greenl. Ev. § 111; Eoscoe, Cr. Ev. 414-13. " Buffalo Lubricating OU Co. v. Everest, 30 Hun, 588 (188.3), cases. 3 Francis v. Flinn, 118 U. S. 385 (1886). *F. conestable; L. comes stabuU, count ot the stable. Non constat. It does not appear; it does not follow: it is not certain. Non constitit: it did not appear. " Before judgment, non constat^ the accused may be innocent." i " Non constat by the record, who gave notice." * "Whether the title was to come from him, and when, and on what conditions, non constat.^^ * " Non constituit whether a felony was committed till the principal was attainted." *, 2, n. A certificate of what appears upon record as to a matter in question. Thus, an exemplification of the enrollment of letters-patent under the great seal was called a, " constat." " There may be a possession of a vessel under a claim of title " with a constat of property." ®

Lat.

In English law. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer make at the request of any person who intends to plead or move in that court for the discharge of any thing; and the purport of it is to certify what appears (constat) on record, concerning the matter in question. Stat. S d: 4 Edw, VI. c. 4. 13 Eliz. c. 6. An exemplification under the great seal of the enrolment of letters patent; so called from its initial word. 5 Co, 54. Co. Litt, 225 h.

English law. The name of a certificate, which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer make at the request of any person who intends to plead or move in the court for the discharge of any thing; and the effect of it is, the certifying what constat (appears) upon record touching the matter in question. A constat is held to be superior to an ordinary certificate, because it contains nothing but what is evident on record. An exemplification under the great seal, of the enrolment of any letters-patent is called aconstat. Co. Litt. 225.