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A term applied to trained accountants who examine the books of accounts of corporations and others and report upon them. See Auditor.

questions submitted must be questions of law and not mixed questions of law and fact, and not such as involve or imply conclusions or judgment by the Court upon the effect of facts

The term “certified registered nurse anesthetist” means a certified registered nurse anesthetist licensed by the State who meets such education, training, and other requirements re

For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “certified rehabilitation” means any rehabilitation of a certified historic structure which the Secretary of the Interior has certified t

In this paragraph the term “certified State or Indian tribe” means a State or Indian tribe for which a certification is made under subsection (a) in which the Secretary concurs.

In this section, the term “certified training program or course” means a program or course using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or identified under section 10381(n)(

The term “certifier” means a person in a position of substantive authority for the management or operations of a regional center, new commercial enterprise, affiliated job-creating

1. 1. In old practice, to certify; to make certain; to give information.

To testify to in writing; to make known or establish as a fact. 200 111. 243.

The term “certifying agent” means the chief executive officer of a State or, in the case of a State that provides for the Statewide election of an official to be responsible solely

In this section, the term “certifying official” means an employee who has the responsibilities specified in section 3528(a) of title 31 .

Lat. [Certior fieri, to be made more certain; to be certified, or more distinctly informed.] In practice. A writ, used generally for the purpose of removing causes, before trial or

The proceedings, on a Habeas Corpus are de novo; on a certiorari, the court proceed on the state returned. Therefore, both writs cannot issue in the same cause; for the court canno

Cause to be certified. The command of a writ of certiorari. CERVISARII (cervisia, ale). Among the Saxons, tenants who were bound to supply drink for their lord's table. Cowell.

Lat. Certamly. Beg. Orig, 22.

Lat. [from certus, certain.] Certainty. Talis certitudo certitudinem confundit; such nice and captious pretence of certainty confounds true and legal certainty. 8 Co. 112.

In Scots law. A term used in judicial writs, to express the penalty annexed to the disregard of the order contained in the writ In old English law. Certification of assise: a writ

The head money given by the tenants of several manors yearly to the lords, for the purpose of keeping up certain inferior courts. Called in the ancient records certum letae (leet m

certa, 1. Certain; defined; particularly described or specified. Certa debet esse intentio, et certum fundamentum, et certa res quae deducitur in judicium: the count ought to be ce

I. Certain; definite; determined; known. Certain est quod certo reddi potest: that is certain which can be reduced to a certainty. V. Id certum, etc.

That is certain which is capable of being made certain. See 130 N. Y 642, 15 L. R. A. 218, 29 N. E. 142.

Perceived, determined: definite, known, certain. Certum est quod certum reddi potest. That is certain which can be made certain — or reduced to a certainty. When the law requires c

Certa. Lat. Certain; defined, particularly described or specified. Oportet quod certa res dedi Lcatur in donatton^m, quia incerta rei nulla est donatio; It is necessary that the th

A mound, fence or inclosure,

The term "cervid" means any species within the family Cervidae.

(Saxon) Tenants who were bound to supply drink for their lord’s table.—Cowell.

Ale. Cervisarius, an alebrewer; an ale-house keeper. Cowell; Blount. CERVUS (Lat.) A stag or deer.

In old records. An ale-house keeper. A beer or ale brewer. Blount.

A deer; a stag.

In Spanish lav. An assignee. White, New Recop. 304.

An assessment or tax. In Ireland, it was anciently applied to an exaction of victuals, at a certain rate, for soldiers in garrison. Wharton. In Old English Law. To cease. Hale, Ana

n. An assessmentortax. In Ire- eee land, it was anciently applied to an exaction of victuals, at a certain rate, for soldiers in garrison. Cess& regnare, si non vis judicara. Cease

See Ratio, Cessante, etc.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases. Broom, Max. 160.

et Ipsa lex. Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason of any particular law ceases, so does the law itself. 4 Coke, 38; 7 Coke, 69; Co. Litt. 70b, 122a; Broom, Leg. Max.

When the reason for a law ceases to exist, the law itself ceases. See 141 Cal. 116, 99 Am. St. Rep. 35, 64 L. R. A. 236, 70 Pac. 663, 74 Pac. 766.

CESsat derlvativus. The primary state ceasing, the derivative ceases. 8 Rep. 34; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) p. 438; 4 Kent, Comm. 32. CESSAVIT PER BIENNIUM (Lat. he has cease

The primary state ceasing, the derivative ceases.

To cease; to stop.

SI NON VIS JUDIcare. Cease to reign if you wish not to adjudicate. Hob. 165. CESSANTE CAUSA CESSAT EFFECtus. The cause ceasing, the effect must cease. 1 Exch. 430; Broom, Leg. Max.

Cease to reign if you do not wish to judge.

is the staying of an execution. When a judgment has been entered, there is sometimes, by the agreement of the parties, a cessat executio for a period of time fixed upon; and when t

An old writ to recover land from a tenant in fee who had ceased to pay rent or service for two years.

An assessment or tax; a tenant of land was said to cesse when he neglected or ceased to perform the services due to the lord. Co. Litt. 373a, 380b.

PROVISO FOR. Where terms for years are raised by settlement, it is usual to introduce a proviso that they shall cease when the trusts end. ‘This proviso generally expresses three e

or CESSURE. Neglect; a ceasing from, or omission to do, a thing. 3, Bl. Comm. 232. "A substantial dismission and cesser." 6 Mod. 232. The determination of an estate. 1 Coke, 84; 4

Where terms for years are raised by settlement, it is usual to introduce a proviso that they shall cease when the trusts end. This proviso generally expresses three events: (1) The

An order directing a stay of execution.

An order directing a stay of proceedings.

A cession.

An assignment for the benefit of one’s creditors.

In Roman law. A fictitious suit, in which the person who was to acquire the thing claimed {vindicabat) the thing as his own, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the just

a voluntary surrender of territory or jurisdiction, rather than a withdrawal of such jurisdiction by the authority of a superior sovereign.

In Scotch law. An assignee. Bell, Diet.

One who gives up his estate to be divided amongst his creditors. Wharton.

In French law. The surrender which a debtor makes of all his goods to his creditors when he finds himself in insolvent circumstances. It is of two kinds, — either voluntary or comp

The surrender of property; the relinquishment that a debtor makes of all his property to his creditors, when he finds himself unable to pay his debts. Civil Code La. art 2170.

It was certainly not the intention of the parties to the cession that such suits should abate, and that individuals who had rightfully instituted proceedings in the tribunals of th

An assessment.

One who ceases or neglects so long to perform a duty that he thereby incurs the danger of the law. Old Nat. Brev. 136. CESSURE (Law Fr.) A receiver; a bailiff. Kelham. C'EST ASCAVO

Same as Cesser.

Fr. A receiver; a bailiff. Kelham.

(French) That is to say.

et non pas I'echafaud. It is the crime which causes the shame, and 'not the scaffold,

It is the crime which brings disgrace, and not the scaffold.

He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested in another. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 163. The person who possesses the equitable r

He for whose ,use and banefit lands or tenements are held by another. The cestui que use has the right to receive the profits and benefits of the estate, but the legal title and po

He whose life is the measure of the duration of an estate. The person for whose life any lands, tenements, or hereditaments are held.

cestuy, I. fr. He. Cestuy que: he who; — doit enlieriter al pare, doit enheriter al fltz: he who would have been heir to the father, shall be heir to the son; — trust: he who trust

pages 162, 1057. Neither the origin nor the pronunciation of this term is given in the law dictionai'ies or glossaries, and in but two of the popular dictionaries (both of them Eng

He. Used frequently in composition in law French phrases. —Cestni que trust. He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested

He.

He for whose benefit another person is seized of lands or tenements, or is possessed of personal property. He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the l

He for whose benefit land is held by another person. He who has a right to take the profits of lands of which another has the legal title and possession, together with the duty of

He whose life Is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 88. CESTUY QUE DOIT' INHERITER AL pere doit inheriter al fils. He who would have been heir to the fat

He who would have been heir to the father is heir to the son.

Fr. He in trust for whom, or for whose benefit, another is enfeoffed or seised of lands or tenements; he who is entitled in equity to take the rents and profits of lands whereof th

Fr. [Cestuy a Vuse de qui; Lat. ille cujus usui, or ad cujus usum.'] He to whose use another is enfeoffed of lands or tenements. Cowell. 2 Bl. Com. 328—333. 4 Kent's Com. 289 — 296

Fr. {ce^tuy a qui vie.) He for whose life lands or tenements are granted. Thus if A. grant lands to B. during the life of C, here C. is termed the cestui/ qui vie, and B. tenant pu

(French) That.

The term “cetane index” and the term “cetane number” have the meanings determined in accordance with the test methods set forth in the American Society for Testing and Materials st

The term “cetane index” and the term “cetane number” have the meanings determined in accordance with the test methods set forth in the American Society for Testing and Materials st

The term “cetane rating” means a measure, as indicated by a cetane index or cetane number, of the ignition quality of diesel fuel oil and of the influence of the diesel fuel oil on

Fr. Those. Kelkam. See Cetix.

I., was an ancient court, remodelled under

(French) Those.

Abbreviation for confer, compare.

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “CFC group” means 1 or more chains of controlled foreign corporations connected through stock ownership with a top tier corporation which is

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "CFEI" means the Fan Energy Index for large-diameter ceiling fans, calculated in accordance with ANSI/AMCA Standard 208–18 tit

I. Generally.- Generaliter dicta generaliter sunt interpretanda: things expressed in general terms are to be interpreted generally.

the term “CFE Treaty” means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (signed at Paris, November 19, 1990);

To summon; to command the presence of a person; to notify a person of legal proceedings against him and require his appearance thereto. To read or refer to legal authorities, in an

Lat. In the civil law. a A manager or administrator. Calvin.

s 1. To close, end, terminate; to finish, complete. Conclusion. (1) An ending or closing, as of an instrument or a pleading. See Declaration, 3; Indictment; Plea, 3. (3) The last a

This abbreviation most commonly stands for "chapter," or "chancellor," but it may also mean "chancery," or "chief."

A chase.

A station for game, more extended than a park, less so than a forest; the liberty of hunting within such limits. Cowell. The driving or hunting animals; the way along which animals

Animals which might be hunted.

A chace is by common law. Reg. Brev. 806. CHACEABLE (Law Fr.) That which may be chased or hunted.