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The extreme practical test of the truth of a charge of impotence brought against a husband by a wife. It is now disused. Causes C6l6bres, 6, 183.

2. I7i old English law. Burning; the punishment of burning, inflicted upon apostates and others. Combustio domorum: the burning of houses; house-burning; arson. Combustio pecuniae:

I In the civil law. A throwing or putting together; a putting of one fact with another, so as to show their relation, and indicate the consequence or inference; a presumption; a co

In the civil law of evidence. A throwing together; presumption; the putting of things together, with the inference drawn therefrom. Matt. Pr. c. 1, note 43.

In civil law. A statement of the case; a brief synopsis of the case given by the advocate to the judge in opening the trial. Calv. Lex.

In the civil law. A statement of the case, A brief synopsis of the case given by the advocate to the judge in opening the trial. Calvim

Lat. In the civil law of evidence. A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to produce belief. Best cm Presumptions, 13, note. Bationabile vestigiu

A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. 1 Mascardus de Prob. quaest. 14, note 14. An idea or notion founded on a probability, wit

conjuratus, I In old English law. others; a compurgator.

Persons married to each other. Story, Confl. Laws, § 71. Wolff. Dr. Nat. § 858.

In old English law. An associate judge. Bract. 403.

Rights arising from the relation of husband and wife. In England, a writ lies for restitution to conjugal rights in case of intentional desertion, including, perhaps, a refusal to

One of the names of marriage, among the Romans. Tayl. Civ. Law, 284.

In Scotch law. Joint, as applied to rights. Ersk. Inst. bk. 3, tit. 8, § 34; Bell, Diet. Connected, as applied to persons. Bell, Diet.

In civil law. Things joined together or united; as distinguished from disjuncta; things disjoined or separated. Dig. 50. 16. 53.

that is a conjunct expedition which is directed by competent authority, combining together the actions of two different species of force, for the attainment of some common specific

Jointly.

Jointly and severally.

As applied to rights, joint; as applied to per-

In civil law. Conjunotion; connection of words in a sentence. See Dig. 50. 16. 29. 142. CONJUNCTIO MARITI ET FEMINAE est de jure naturae. The union of a man and a woman is of the l

The union of husband and wife is according to the law of nature.

Connecting in a manner denoting union.

Where several material facts are stated conjunctively in the complaint, an answer which undertakes to deny their averments as a whole, conjunctively stated, is called a "conjunctiv

One in which the several objects in it are connected by a copulative, or in any other manner which shows that all of them are severally comprised in the contract. This contract cre

I. To swear together; to combine oath.

In Old English Law. A swearing together; an. oath administered to several together; a combination or confederacy under oath. Cowell; Blount; Tomlin. In Old European Law. A compact

Conspiracy; a criminal plot.

In old English law. One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator; a conspirator. Britt. 27, 120; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 47, § 6.

The term "connected device" means a laptop computer, tablet computer, or similar device that is capable of connecting to broadband internet access service. / The term &qu

The term “connected organization” means any organization which is not a political committee but which directly or indirectly establishes, administers or financially supports a poli

The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. It was not until the year 1665 that the whole territory now known as the state of Connecticut was under one

a common carrier furnishing a necessary link in the transportation under the through bill of lading; that it was not named in the bill of lading is unimportant

each in the discharge of its duties to the public, owed to shippers of freight in its possession destined to points on or routed over the railway of the other the duty to deliver t

To qualify as a 'connecting line' under § 3(4) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 'in the absence of physical connection, a carrier need only show that it participates in an establish

There is no warrant for limiting the meaning of 'connecting lines' to those having a direct physical connection with the Clinchfield. The term is commonly used as referring to all

A relation by which one person or or united to another; as applied to railways, as permits the passage of cars, or such an a convenient transfer of things carried.

Relations by blood or marriage, but more commonly the relations of a person with whom one is connected by marriage. In this sense, the relations of a wife are "connections" of her

that state of affairs wherein an applicant, or an officer of, principal stockholder of, person having a substantial interest in or management responsibility for, a corporation or o

In French law. This exists when two actions are pending which, although not identical as in dis pendens, are so nearly similar in object that it is expedient to have them both adju

In French law. This exists when two actions are pending which, although not identical as in Its pendens, are so nearly similar in object that it is expedient to have them both adju

An agreement or consent, indirectly given, that something unlawful shall be done by another. A married party's corrupt consenting to evil conduct, of which afterwards he complains.

In French law. An instrument, signed by the master of a ship or his agent, containing a description of the goods, loaded on a ship, the persons who have sent them, the persons to w

In English law. Cognizance or jurisdietion. Conusance of pleas. V. Cognizance.

A species of instrument of defeasance common in the civil law. It is executed by a party who has taken a deed of property, absolute on its face, but intended as security for a loan

I. fr. Against; in opposition to.

Those whose general authority and jurisdiction are confined within the limits of the county in which they are appointed, who are appointed in and for a particular county, and whose

One which lies wholly within one county, and which is thereby distinguished from a state road, which is a road lying in two or more counties. State v. Wood County, 17 Ohio, 186.

Marriage.

In the civll law. Marriage. Among the Romans, a lawful marriage as distinguished from "concubinage," (q. v.,) which was an inferior marriage.

In Spanish law. A recognizance. White, New Recop. bk. 3, tit. 7, c. 5, § 3.

In Spanishlaw. A billof lading, In the Mediterranean ports it is called “poliza de cargamiento.”

In Spanish law. A bill of lading. In the Mediterranean ports it is called poliza de cargamiento. For the requisites of this instrument, see Code Comm. Spain, arts. 799-811. CdNPOSS

In Lat. In oid English law. The executor of a last wlll and testament. CowelL

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

See Communication, Privileged, 1.

A joint possession.

2. 2. In feudal and old English law. quoestvs; Conquest.

conquestns, 1. 1. In feudal law. any means of acquiring an estate out of the conquest

L fr. In Norman and old English chaser of an estate; he who brought an estate

I. fr. In old English law. To acquire session of.

In Norman and old l English law. The first purchaser of an estate; he who first brought an estate into his family. 2 Bl. Comm. 243.

In old English and Scotch law. Same as "conquereur." CONQUEST (Lat. conquiro, to seek for), In Feudal Law. Purchase; any means of obtaining an estate out of the usual course of inh

In old English and Scots law. The estate; he who brought it into the family

The local government being destroyed, the conqueror may set up its own authority, and make rules and regulations for the conduct of temporary government, and to that end may collec

By this substitution of a new supremacy, although the former political relations of the inhabitants were dissolved, their private relations, their rights vested under the Governmen

Conqueror. The title given to William of Normandy.

conquisitio, I. Conquest writ of cosinage. Prater consanguineus: a half-brother on the father's side.

Acquisition.

In French law. The name given to every acquisition which the husband and wife, jointly or severally, make during the conjugal community. Thus, whatever is acquired by the husband a

Acquisition.

In feudal law. A purchaser, acquirer, or conqueror. 2 Bl. Comm. 242, 243.

Lat. [from con, together, and qucerere, to seek or gain.] To acquire. In classical Latin, conquirers. CONQU^STOR. L. Lat. [from conquarere, q.v.] Conqueror. The title of William I.

“Conrail” means the Consolidated Rail Corporation created under title III of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 741 et seq.). / The term “Conrail” means the Co

I In old. English law. An assembly; a convent Con- Tentus magnatum rel procenim: an assembly of the great men or nobles, — one of the old names of parliament. In the Roman law. Con

In civil and feudal law. <A half-brother by the father’s side, as distinguished from /rater uterinus, a brother by the mother’s side.

I. In civil and old English law. Conjunctim et divisiin: indiviso: jointly and tenant connection of words in or confederate tinder together; an oath ador confederacy under compact

Of the same blood; descended from the same ancestor or parent.

A brother who has the same father. 2 Bl. Comm. 231.

One within the degrees of consanguinity. CONSANGUINEUS EST QUASI EODEM sanguine natus. A person related by con- CONSANGUINITY (Lat. eonsanguis, blood together). The relation subsis

One related by consanguinity is, as it were, born of the same blood.

In civil and feudal law. A half-brother by the father's side, as distinguished from frater uterinus, a brother by the mother's side. Consanguineus est quasi eodem sanguine natns. C

Blood relationship.

COURTS OF. Courts, not of record, constituted by act of parliament in the city of London, and other towns, for the recovery of small debts; otherwise and more commonly Called "Cour

COURTS OF. Courts, not of record, constituted by act of parliament in the city of London, and other towns, for the recovery of small debts; otherwise and more commonly called “Cour

Couris, not of record, constituted by act of parliament in the city of London, and other towns, for the recovery of small debts; others wise and more commonly calied "Couris of Req

Money paid in settlement of an obligation previously evaded or concealed.

As used in some constitutional provisions, this phrase is equivalent to religious liberty or freedom of conscience. Co.m. v. Lesh-er, 17 Serg. & R. (Pat) 155; State v. Cummings, 36

Conscience is called from con and scio, as it were to know with God.

Shipwreck of conscience. See 5 Rep. (Eng.) 125.

Knowledge of another’s ownership.

The conscientious objector is relieved from the obligation to bear arms in obedience to no constitutional provision, express or implied; but because, and only because, it has accor

A conscientious scruple against taking an oath, serving as a juror in a capital case, doing military duty, or the like, is an objection or repugnance growing out of the fact that t

According to honesty.

A compulsory enrolment of men for military service; draft. The body of conscripts. Stand. Diet. A military force was raised by conscription under the acts of July 17, 18G2, March 3

In ecclesiastical law. To dedicate to sacred purposes, as a bishop by imposition of hands or a church or churchyard by prayers, etc. Co.nsecration is performed by a bishop er archb

Consecration is the termination of election; election is the preamble of consecration.

A consequential consecutive disability, that reflects to an alien from one that must derive by or through him, though he perchance be a natural born subject (doth impede)... and th

Sp. A term used in conveyances under Mexican law, equivalent to the English word "grant." Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 103.

In French law. A species of trade tribunala, charged with settling differences bstween masters and workmen. They endeavor, in the first instance, to concillate the parties. In defa

Counsel.