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the maxim, causa proxima non remota spectatur, is not without limitations; and has never been applied in matters of insurance to the extent contended for: but that it has been cons

the general ground that causa proxima, non remota, spectatur; and, therefore, that a loss whose proximate cause is one of the enumerated risks in the policy, is chargeable to the u

For the reason above stated.

To litigate.

An appurtenance or accessory.

A remote cause.

The reason of the knowledge is evident. A technical

The reason of the knowledge is evident. A technical phrase in Scotch practice, used in depositions of witnesses.

A necessary case; one without which the effect would not have been produced.

the proxy statement is an essential link in completing the transaction, even if the minority lacks sufficient votes to defeat a proposal of management.

A party to an action.

An immoral cause. CAUSA VAGA ET INCERTA NON EST causa ratlonabllis. A vague and uncertain cause is not a reasonable cause. 5 Coke, 57.

A vague and uncertain cause is not a reasonable one.

any concern the President may have about a person's "conduct, ability, fitness, or competence." Application 25–26 (quoting Black's Law Dictionary 508 (2d ed. 1910)); see also post,

practice, is a contested question before a court of justice; itis a suit or action. Causes are civil or criminal. Wood’s Civ. Law, 302; Code 2,5 4, 16.

Obviously the only parties to such a cause are the government and the persons indicted. They alone can be reached by any judgment that may be pronounced. No judgment can either enl

Books kept in the central office of the English supreme court, in which are entered all writs of summons issued in the office. Rules of Court, v. 8.

The use of the phrase 'caused by a public vessel' constitutes an adoption by Congress of the customary legal terminology of the admiralty law which refers to the vessel as causing

An official list of actions, demurrers, petitions, appeals, etc., set down for trial or argument in open court. Similar to the American "calendar" or "docket" {g. V.)

A cause of action does not consist of facts, but of the unlawful violation of a right which the facts show. The number and variety of the facts alleged do not establish more than o

the words 'from the date the cause of action thereon accrued' as used in § 8225 of the Tennessee Code seem to have their usual meaning and refer to the time when suit may be instit

The words 'after the cause of action shall accrue' in the Arkansas statute have their usual meaning and refer to 'a complete and present cause of action'.

The ground of action here, is a contract to act diligently and skilfully; and both the contract and the breach of it admit of a definite assignment of date. When might this action

Although originating in the same wrongful act or neglect, the two claims are quite distinct, no part of either being embraced in the other. One is for the wrong to the injured pers

and the Landed Estates Court, were fused into a Supreme Court of Judicature for Ireland. There is a

Celebrated cases. A work containing reports of the decisions of interest and importance in French courts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Secondarily a single trini or

Where one does an act with knowledge that the use of the mails will follow in the ordinary course of business, or where such use can reasonably be foreseen, even though not actuall

Relating to pleading.

In the civil law. A pleader; one who argued a cause ore terms. Code, 2. 6. 6. There was a distinction between eausidicus and advocatus (q. v.) CAUTELA (Lat.) Care; precaution vigil

Caution; vigilance.

Fr. Precaution. Et bone cautele serra; and it will be a good precaution. Britt. c. 39.

Security given by the oath of the party. Inst. 4. 11. 2; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 176, § 184; T. Raym. 226, arg.

or CAUTION. In Civil Law. Security given for the performance of anything. A bond whereby the debtor acknowledges the receipt of money, and promises to pay it at a future day. -^In

Security by means of bonds or pledges entered into by third parties. Du Cange.

Attention to the effect of a thing about to be done; regard to contingencies; forethought; care. See Cautela. i Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Cook, 95 U. S. 346 (1877), cases. Hunt, J.;

Prudence; a written caveat filed with the recorder of land titles; security; collateral; pledge; one who gives security.

In Scotch law. The obligation by which a party becomes surety for another, answering to the English guarantee. It is defined by Stair: "The promise or contract of a man, not for hi

Where an action in tort was pending and the plaintiff feared the defendant would dispose of his real property before judf cautionary judgment red with a lien on the property; Seian

In English ecclesiastical law. A writ that lies against a bishop who holds an excommunicated person in prison for contempt, notwithstanding he offers sufficient caution or security

A surety; a bondsman. One who binds himself in a bond with the principal for greater security. He is still a cautioner, whether the bond be to pay a debt, or whether he undertake t

Security by means of an oath.

In French law. The same as becoming surety in English law.

In Scotch law. Suretyship. The obligation of suretyship. CAVEAT (Lat. let him beware). In Practice. A notice not to do an act, given to some officer, ministerial or judicial, by a

A pledge by deposit of goods.

Security for costs or expenses. This term is used among the civilians (Nov. 112, c. 2), and generally on the continent of Europe. In nearly all the countries of Europe, a foreign p

Security, which tenants for life give, to preserve the property rented free from waste and injury. Ersk. Inst. bk. 2, tit. 9, § 59. the best he can afford in order to obtain a susp

The head, beginning, and end. A term applied in English law to the king, as head of parliament. 4 Inst 3 ; 1 Bl. Comm. 188.

An abbreviation for curia advisari vult (<1- v.)

The term “cave” means any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnected passages which occurs beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge (i

The caveat is a remedy given to prevent a patent from issuing in certain cases where the directions of the law have been violated to the injury of the commonwealth, or where some o

Let the doer beware.

The common law, unlike the civil law, does not imply a warranty from a full price. Where there is neither fraud nor warranty, and the buyer receives and retains the goods, without

Let the buyer beware, who ought not to ignore the fact that he is purchasing the right of another.

One who files a caveat.

Let the seller beware. Lofft, 328; 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 449, 453; 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 353; 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 323; 5 N. Y. 73, 82.

Let the traveler beware.

1. 1. In feudal law. A vault or repository for keeping grain, wine, oil, etc.

Beware of fragments. Bac. Aph. 26. CAVE RE (Lat.) In the civil and common law. To take care; to exercise caution. See "Caveat Emptor." To take care or provide for; to prove by law.

A thief stealing ore from a Derbyshire mine.

To beware; to take care; to be cautions.

The term “cave resource” includes any material or substance occurring naturally in caves on Federal lands, such as animal life, plant life, paleontological deposits, sediments, min

Persons stealing ore from mines in Derbyshire, punishable in the bergh-mote or miners' court; also officers belonging to the same mines. Wharton.

The term &quot;cavity&quot; means the open space in the mold of a block machine capable of forming a single concrete masonry unit having nominal plan dimensions of 8 inches by 16 i

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical benefice, attaching to the office of canon. Holtiouse.

A quay or wharf.

In old English law. A quay, kay, key, or wharf. Cowel.

A toll or duty paid the king for landing goods at some quay or wharf. The barons of the Cinque Ports were free from this duty. Cowell.

In reports and legal documents, an abbreviation for common bench. Also an abbreviation for chief baron.

A crime, a fault; literally, a judicial decision, or that which is subjected to a judicial decision; an accusation of wrong. ' 1 Greenl. Ev. § 4S1. 2 Emery's Case, 107 Mass. 180 (1

After the receiver takes possession, supplies, even though not covered by the mortgage, cannot be taken in execution by creditors. Prior to such taking possession, such assets are

Half an acre, or, as 30me say, half a perch, of land. Spelman.

The term “CBO” means the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

The term “CBTPA” means the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.

The term “CBTPA beneficiary country” means any “beneficiary country”, as defined in section 2702(a)(1)(A) of this title , which the President designates as a CBTPA beneficiary coun

The term &quot;CBTPA originating good&quot; means a good that meets the rules of origin for a good set forth in chapter 4 of the USMCA as implemented pursuant to United States law.

The term “CBWR land” means the land (commonly known as “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land”) that— (A) was reconveyed to the United States under the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat.

County commissioner; county court.

503, 12 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1053, 12 Ann. Cas. 233, where the subject is thoroughly discussed and the cases collected by Sanborn, C. J., and in a note to the last citation. A federal

For purposes of this section, the term “CCA area” means an MSA that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) and is selected by the Secretary under subsection (c) of this section.

For purposes of this section, the term “CCA non-drug monthly benchmark amount” means, with respect to a CCA area for a month in a year, the sum of the 2 components described in par

For purposes of this title, the term “C corporation” means, with respect to any taxable year, a corporation which is not an S corporation for such year.

Court of common pleas.

9; White v. Arleth, 1 Bond 319, F*d.- Cas. No. 17,536. So where the stipulation was in respect of a matter certain in value, as the payment of a debt or liquidated money demand, an

The term &quot;C-CPI-U&quot; means the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor). The values

The term &quot;C-CPI-U automobile component&quot; means the automobile component of the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (as described in section 1(f)(6)).

Lat. Ancient or great customs. Duties formerly payable in England under the statute of Confirmatio Ckartarum, by every merchant, as well native as foreign, on wool, sheepskins or w

In the civil and old common law. Kept for cutting; intended or used to be cut. A term applied to wood.

A bargain; anything for sale; a chattel; also cattle, as being the usual medium of barter. Sometimes used instead of ceapgild (q. v.)

Payment of an animal. An ancient species of forfeiture. Cowell; Spelman.

the breadth of the order, like the injunction of a court, must depend upon the circumstances of each case, the purpose being to prevent violations, the threat of which in the futur

the terms “cease and desist order that has become final” and “order which has become final” mean a cease and desist order, or an order, issued by the Farm Credit Administration wit

As used in this section (1) the terms “cease-and-desist order which has become final” and “order which has become final” means a cease-and-desist order, or an order issued by the B

Ceaux, L. Fr. Those. Afm, de Jerus, c. ix. Kelkam,

To be certified. A writ by which the record of a proceeding in a lower court is removed into a higher court for review. The emphatic word in the Latin writ, which read: quia certis

To assign; to transfer. Applied to the act by which one state or nation transfers territory to another.

An assignor; the assignor of a chose in action. Karnes, Eq. 43.

1. In civil and old English law. To yield or give up; to assign or transfer; to give way to another, as superior; to pass with a thing, as an inferior or subordinate thing; to belo

I. In old English law. A schedule.

The term “ceding insurer” means an insurer that purchases reinsurance.

The word cedo (I grant) is the ordinary word used in Mexican conveyance to pass title to lands.