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- " (A) with respect to any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, to rescind; " (B) with respect to any item of new direct spending- " (i) that is budget authority provi

The term “cancellation date” means— (A) with respect to a fixed rate mortgage, at the option of the mortgagor, the date on which the principal balance of the mortgage— (i) based so

Without consent of the holder, valid cancellation for condition broken cannot be accomplished without giving to the holder an opportunity to have the asserted default judicially de

Where a second Will is cancelled, under circumstances that manifest an intention either to revive, or not to revive, the preceding Will, those circumstances must be proved.

1 1. In old English late. A canceling.

In old English law. A cancelling. Bracton, 398b; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 34, § 5.

It is a rule of patent construction consistently observed that a claim in a patent as allowed must be read and interpreted with reference to claims that have been cancelled or reje

The rails or balusters inclosing the bar of a court of justice or the communion table; also the lines drawn on the face of a will or other writing, with the intention of revoking o

The defacing or obliterating a deed, will, or other instrument, so as to destroy its legal effect. This was anciently done, as it still frequently is, by drawing lines diagonally o

The term "cancer cluster" means the incidence of a particular cancer within a population group, a geographical area, and a period of time that is greater than expected fo

The term “candelabra base incandescent lamp” means a lamp that uses candelabra screw base as described in ANSI C81.61–2006, Specifications for Electric Bases, common designations E

an individual who seeks nomination for election to be President of the United States.

The term “candidate country” means a country that meets the requirements of section 7705 of this title .

"candidate officer" means an individual who is enrolled or admitted, as a cadet or trainee, in a formal and officially established program of instruction or of training (

The term “candidate site” means an area, within a geologic and hydrologic system, that is recommended by the Secretary under section 10132 of this title for site characterization,

A festival appointed by the church to be observed on the second day of February in every year, in honor of the purification of the Virgin Mary, being forty days after her miraculou

it may be, and we think is used, as the dictionary also suggests, in a popular and more general sense, as synonymous with sugar compounds sold and used as confectionery or sweetmea

(Scotch) A tax; rent paid in produce.

A trial by hot iron, formerly in use in England. Jacob.

I. Caution; care; providence, v. Ad majorem, etc.; Ex abundanti, etc.; Ex majore, etc.

See Case, 4. CAJSrON.4 A rule; a law. Canon law. Ecclesiastical law. In particular, a body of ecclesiastical laws relative to matters over which the church of Rome had or claims to

Ifr. In old statutes, causeways, or

The term “cannabimimetic agents” means any substance that is a cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1 receptor) agonist as demonstrated by binding studies and functional assays within an

war, is the distance which a cannon will throw a ball. The whole space of.the sea, within cannon shot of the coast, is considered as making a part of the territory; and, for that r

The terms “canola” and “rapeseed” mean any brassica plant grown in the United States for the production of an oilseed, the oil of which is used for a food or nonfood use.

The term “canola or rapeseed product” means a product produced, in whole or in part, from canola or rapeseed.

(1) A prebendary, or member of a chapter of the Church of England. All members of chapters except deans are now to be entitled "canons," in England. 3 Steph. Comm. 67, note; 1 Bl.

In the civil law. A rent. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 367, § 324. Id. 366, KaufvMUis note. See Emphyteusis.

In English ecclesiastical law. A prebendary or member of a chapter. 1 BL Com. 382. 3 Steph. Com. 67. A person possessing a prebend or revenue allotted for the performance of divine

Pertaining to or in conformity to, the canons of the church. —Canonical obedience. That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese h

That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese he is beneficed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.

That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose divcese le is beneticed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.

The office of a canon.

Pertaining to a canon or church law.

A canon.

One versed and skilled in the canon law; a professor of ecolesiastical law.

A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of disci

No canon of construction is better established or more universally observed than this: that if a statute will bear two constructions, one within and the other beyond the constituti

In ecclesiastical records. A book wherein the religious of every greater convent had a fair transcript of the rules of their order, frequentlv read among hem as their iocal statute

An ecclesiastical benefice attaching to the office qf canon. Holthouse.

Same as Canons of inheritance.

The legal rules by whieh inheritances ara regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir,

or CANONS of descent. The legal rules hy which Inheritances are regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 208;

The legal rules by which inheritan-es are regulated, and according to which Bl. Comm. 208. 3. A dignitary of the English church, be-ig a prebendary or member of a cathedral hapten.

Lat. The harmony of the discordant canons. A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions made by Gratian, an Italian monk, A. D. 1161; more commonly known by the name of Decreium Gh

The immediate cause ; the last link in the chnin of causation.

The cause of a cause is the cause of the thing caused. 12 Mod. 639. The cause of the cause is to be considered as the cause of the effect also.

In the civil law. Consideration given and not followed, that is, by the event upon which it was given. The name of an action by which a thing given in the view of a certam event wa

The cause and origin is the substance of the thing; the cause and origin of a thing are a material part of it. The law regards the original act. 1 Coke, 99.

For the purpose of being entertained as a guest. 4 Maule & S. 310.

A form of action which anciently lay against a party who boasted or gave out that he or she was married to the plaintiff, whereby a common reputation of their marriage might ensue.

1. 1. In old English law. Signify you to us the reason; a writ which lay against a mayor of a town who had neglected or refused to deliver seisin to the king's grantee, commanding

The immediate, not the remote, cause, is looked at, or considered. 12 East, 648 ; 3 Kent, Comm. 302; Story, Bailm. § 515; Ban. Max. reg. 1.

1. 1. In old English law. To cause or produce; to complain of; to show cause against or object to. Cansans: causing. Causata: caused.-

A base (immoral or illegal) cause or consideration.

5 Coke, 57. A vague and uncertain cause is not a reasonable cause.

I. In the civil law. A pleader; one who argued a cause ore tenus,

In the civil law. A judicial sale at the request of tenants in common for the purpose of dividing the property. See 9 Mart. (La.) 87. CANT EL (Law Lat. eantellum velut quarotillum)

An abbreviation of Cantabrigia, or Cambridgeshire, in old English pleadings and records. Tovms. PI. 147.

I. I In old English law. A chantry.

The excess over a full measure.

A lump or that which is added abave measure; also a piece of anything, as "cantel of bread," or the like. Blount.

ARCHBISHOP OF. The primate of all England: the chief ecclesiastical dignitary in the church. His customary privilege is to crown the kings and queens of England. By 25 nen. VIII. c

I. In the civil law. Security for performance; security in an action; bail. Cautio fldejnssoria: security given by sureties, pledges, or bondsmen. Cautio jnratoria: security given

Security given by an heir or legatee, in older to obtain immediate possession of the inheritance or legacy, binding him and his surety for his observance of a condition annexed to

In Scots law. A surety; a guarantor.

In Scots laui Suretyship; the obligation of suretyship.

Security, which tenants for life give, to preserve the property rented free from waste and injury. Ersk. Inst. 2, 9, 59.

Security given by pledge, or deposit, as plate, money, or other goods.

Security for costs, charges, or expenses.

A district.

(Welsh) A district; a hundred.

(Scotch) A duty paid in produce.

The act of examining the returns of votes for a public officer,

The term “capability” means the ability to provide the means to accomplish one or more tasks under specific conditions and to specific performance standards. A capability may be ac

The term “capability requirement” means a capability that is critical or essential to address an operational problem.

A defense is thus 'capable of determination' if trial of the facts surrounding the commission of the alleged offense would be of no assistance in determining the validity of the de

the power or ability to hold, receive, or accommodate." Webster's Third New International Dictionary 330 (1961); see also Webster's New International Dictionary 396 (2d ed. 1949) (

The term “capacity and infrastructure program” means each of the following agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs for which the Secretary has administrat

The term “capacity and infrastructure program critical base funding” means the aggregate amount of Federal funds made available for capacity and infrastructure programs for fiscal

The term "capacity as a regulated insurance entity"— (A) includes any action or activity undertaken by a person regulated by a State insurance regulator or a regulated fo

The term "capacity building" includes all activities associated with early stage community-based project formation and conceptualization, prior to project predevelopment

The term “capacity building and advocacy activities” means efforts that— (A) result in laws, regulations, policies, practices, procedures, or organizational structures that promote

The term “capacity building services” means services provided to an organization that is, or that is in the process of becoming, a microenterprise development organization or progr

The term "capacity contract" means a contract entered into by the Secretary and an eligible entity under subsection (e)(1)(A) for the right to the use of the transmission

The term "capacity factor" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the actual electric output from the applicable electric generating unit to the potential electri

the United States being a body politic, as an incident to their general right of sovereignty, have a capacity to enter into contracts, and take bonds in cases within the sphere of

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "capacity-to-power ratio" means, with respect to a battery cell or battery module, the ratio of the capacity of such cell or modu

One might not be insane in the sense of being incapable of standing trial and yet lack the capacity to stand trial without benefit of counsel.

A holder; capable.

Lat Capable of committing crime or capable of criminal intent. The phrase describes the condition of one who has sufficient intelligence and comprehension to be held criminally res

Capable of committing crime.

Capacity to contract.

A judicial writ touching a plea of lands and tenements. The writs which bear this name are of two kinds, namely, cape magnum, or grand cape, and cape parvum, or petit cape. The pet

A species of cape magnum. See "Cape."

A species of cape magnum.

In Old Records. A box, cabinet, or repository in which were preserved the relics of martyrs. Spelman. A small building in which relics were preserved; an oratory or chapel. Id. In

Capulare. L. Lat. In old European law. To cut, break or tear off; (incidere, f rangers, radere.) Spelman.

I. I. In old English law. A cap. Capellus ferreus: a steel cap; a helmet or bead-pieca

A judicial writ for the possession of land when the tenant defaulted in a real action.