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The defendant’s abandonment of his plea or defense to an action.

To acknowledge.

A joint guardian.

(Lat. con and habere.) To live together in the same house, claiming to be married. The word does not include in its signification, necessarily, the occupying the same bed (1 Hagg.

I I. In old English law. To live with, or together, as husband and wife; to be often with, or together; to cohabit

It does not necessarily mean living together under the same roof; a man may be absent on business, or two married domestic servants may live with different employers, and yet be co

or COHAERES. Coheirs; a term applies to coparceners who constitute, as it were, but one heir or body. Bracton, fols. 76b, 67b. COHAEREDES UNA PERSONA GENsentur, propter unitatcm Ju

Coheirs; joint heirs.

Coheirs are regarded as one person because they hold under unity of right.

One of several to whom an inheritance descends.

A joint heiress. A woman who has an equal share of an inheritance with another woman.

I. I. 1^ old English law. Coercion; the coercive power of a court; restraint without process of law.

Lat. [from coercere, corrupted to cohercere, to compel.] In old English law. Coercion; the coercive power of a court. Bract. fol. 344. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 34. Lord Coke uses coherti

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term “cohort default rate” means, for any fiscal year in which 30 or more current and former students at the institution enter repayment on

Co. Litt. 163. Co-heirs are deemed as one person, on account of the unity of right which they possess.

Lat. In civil and old English law. A co-heir or joint heir.

A tribute made by those who meet promiscuously in a market or fair. Du Cange.

A headdress. In England there are certain Serjeants at law who are called Serjeants of the coif, from the lawn coif they wear on their heads ' under their thin caps when they are a

Lat. A coif. Spelman. 8ee Coif

I. In the civil law. Extortion

Fr* To collect. Britt. e. 21.

Qualification to act; capacity. In the Law of Evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause; that qualitjr of written or other evidence wh

n. Pieces of gold, silver or other metal, fashioned into a prescribed shapes weight, and degree of fineness, and stamped, by authority of government, with certain marks and devices

Pieces of gold, silver, or other metal, fashioned into a prescribed shape, weight, und degree of fineness, and stamped, by authority of government, with certain marks and devices,

The process or the function of coining metallic money; also the great mass of metallic money in circulation. Meyer v. Roosevelt, 25 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 105; U. S. v. Otey (a C.) 31

The coined dollar was... a piece of gold or silver of a prescribed degree of purity, weighing a prescribed number of grains.

A counterfeiter.

Joint inheritance.

(1) any amusement or music machine operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token, or similar object, and (2) so-called 'slot' machines which operate by means of insertion of

coin or currency of the United States, including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations.

The terms “joint inventor” and “coinventor” mean any 1 of the individuals who invented or discovered the subject matter of a joint invention.

^ Forgiveness by a husband or a wife of a breach, in the other, of marital duty. The free, voluntary, and full forgiveness and remission of a matrimonial offense.'' Unless accompan

In medical jurisprudence. Sexual intercourse; carnal copulation.

The Bont'ing or committing of a person to prison or gaol, by warrant or order, for a crime, or for contempt, or contumacy; a delivery to the custody of a sheriff or marshal, on sur

Associate judges.

Lat. In old English law. Associate judges having equality of power with others.

a killer who kills without feeling or sympathy.

The term “cold case murder” means a murder— (A) committed more than three years prior to the date of an application by a designated person under section 60901(a) of this title ; (B

The trial which was anciently used for the common sort of people, who, having a cord tied about them under their arms, were cast into a river. If they sank to the bottom until they

A joint lessee.

A joint lessor.

Bausch & Lomb and Beech-Nut plainly fashioned its dimensions as meaning no more than that a simple refusal to sell to customers who will not resell at prices suggested by the selle

collibertus, conlibertns, pi. coliberti, I. I. Coliberti are inferior tenants mentioned in Domesday, thought to have been tenants in free socage by free rent

One who, holding in free socage, was obliged to do certain services for the lord. A middle class of tenants between servile and free, who held their freedom of tenure on condition

the term "collaboration" means to work in partnership with other entities for the purpose of— (A) resolving disputes; (B) addressing issues that may cause or result in di

The term "collaboration program" means a program to promote public safety by ensuring access to adequate mental health and other treatment services for mentally ill adult

The term “collaborative” means 2 or more nonprofit entities that agree to act jointly as a qualified organization under this chapter.

The term “collaborative applicant” means an entity that— (A) carries out the duties specified in section 11360a of this title ; (B) serves as the applicant for project sponsors who

The term “collaborative application” means an application for a grant under part C that— (A) satisfies section 11382 of this title ; and (B) is submitted to the Secretary by a coll

although the administrative process has had a different development and pursues somewhat different ways from those of courts, they are to be deemed collaborative instrumentalities

a corporation formed or availed of principally for the manufacture, construction, or production of property with a view to (1) the sale or exchange of stock prior to the realizatio

Indirect; blood relationship other than lineal.

In old practice. The name "collateral act" was given to any act (except the payment of money) for the performance of which a bond, recognizance, etc., was given as security.

In old practice. The name "collateral act" was given to any act (except the payment of money) for the performance of which a bond, recognizance, etc., was given as security.

A phrase sometimes used to designate uncles and aunts, and other ascending collateral relatives, who are not strictly ancestors.

That which is made over and above the deed itself.

That which is made over and above the principal assurance or deed itself.

they chose to make the objections in a distinct receivership suit of their own, not on any recognized equitable ground, such as fraud, imposition, or mistake, but on the ground of

The rule of general law which does not permit the existence of a corporation to be indirectly attacked. The assertion that it had no legal existence, because it was an unlawful com

If the court in which the proceedings took place had jurisdiction to render the judgment which it did, no error in its proceedings which did not affect the jurisdiction will render

In judicial sales under the process of a court of general jurisdiction, where the owner of the property is a party to the proceedings, and has an opportunity of contesting their re

those decisions refer to instances where the patent had issued, but the principle of freedom from collateral attack is equally applicable where final entry has been made. The final

Since no consideration has been given or should be given to collateral losses in framing an order to reimburse employees for their lost earnings, manifestly no consideration need b

That relationship which subsists between persons who have the same ancestors, but not the same descendants; who do not descend one from the other. 2 Bl. Comm. 203. The essential fa

disabilities or burdens (which) may flow from petitioner's conviction, he has 'a substantial stake in the judgment of conviction which survives the satisfaction of the sentence imp

Descent In a transverse or zigzag toe, i. e., up through

The former title of masters in chancery.

where the second action between the same parties is upon a different cause or demand, the principle of res judicata is applied much more narrowly. In this situation, the judgment i

A prior judgment between the parties operates as an estoppel in a suit on a cause of action different from that forming the basis for the original suit 'only as to those matters in

when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit.

Facts not directly connected with the issue or matter In dispute. Such as afford no reasonable inference as to the principal fact. Greenl. Ev. § 52.

The term “collateral fees and expenses” means any promotional allowances, rebates, service or materials fees paid or provided, directly or indirectly, in connection with the distri

A contract by which the guarantor undertakes, in case the principal fails to do what he has promised or undertaken to do, to pay damages for such failure ; distinguished from an en

A term frequently used in respect of the conclusiveness of judgments, the general rule being that a judgment of a court of record cannot be collaterally impeached, i. e., in an act

The judgment is conclusive in respect to the parties to it. It cannot be impeached collaterally, and it cannot be questioned upon a creditor's bill.

A tax levied upon the collateral devolution of property by will or under the intestate law*. See Tax.

The ancient title of masters in chancery.

a court, when engaged in trying a criminal case, will not take notice of the manner in which witnesses have possessed themselves of papers or other articles of personal property, w

Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another. Thus, brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and nephew are collateral kins

A limitation in the conveyance of an estate, giving an interest for a specified period, but making the right of enjoyment depend upon some collateral event, as, an estate to A. til

A line of descent connecting persons who are not directly related to each other as ascendants or descendants, but whose relationship consists in common descent from the same ancest

In the law relating to the responsibility of an employer or principal for the negligent acts or omissions of his employe, the term "collateral" negligence is sometimes used to desc

a small class which finally determine claims of right separable from, and collateral to, rights asserted in the action, too important to be denied review and too independent of the

As the bill in this case is a collateral proceeding to set aside the sale, mere errors and irregularities in the original proceeding will not suffice. It must be shown that the cou

if I go to a shop with a joiner, and say to the master, 'I will see you paid for the articles with which you trust this man;' here, though I am liable upon proof of this undertakin

pro *558 ceedings that challenge the lawfulness of a prior judgment, it does not follow that other proceedings may not also be described as involving "collateral review." Finally,

The lease was in the nature of a mortgage, and held only as collateral security, and followed the judgment

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “collateral source benefit” means any amount paid or to be paid in the future to or on behalf of the plaintiff, or any service, product, or

A contract based upon a pre-existing debt, or other liability, and including a promise to or liability, without any new consideration moving to him. 82 111. App. 308.

Warranty as to an estate made by one who was ancestor to the heir thereof, either actually or by implication of law, in respect to other property, but who could not have been so in

I. A bringing or putting together; a throwing into one fund or mass; a comparison of two things by putting them, together; a conferring or bestowment of a thing; collation; contrib

A collation of goods. See "Collation."

In Civil Law. The bringing together of property into a common fund; hotchpot. 2 Bl. Comm. 617. Particularly applied to the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, wh

A writ commanding the justices to issue their writ to the bishop to admit a clerk instead of one who had been appointed by a king who has since died.

In old English law. A writ whereby the king conferred the keeping of an hermitage upon a clerk. Reg. Orig. 303, 308.

When, upon the same label, one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other. Wharton. COLLATION TO A BENEFICE (Law Lat. collatio beneficii.) In English ecclesiastical law. The

The conferring of a benefice by a bishop.

The ancient mode of testing the genuineness of a seal, by comparing it with another known to be genuine. Bracton, fols. 389b, 398b; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 34, § 5.

The ecclesiastical or collative chaplaincy, although also founded by an individual, is one erected into a benefice by the proper spiritual authority, requires a title of ordination

See Associate, Counsel, Judge.