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In old English law. A cottager or cottage holder who, by servile tenure, was bound to work for the lord. Cowell.

COTA, or COTTAGIUM. In old English law. A small house without any land belonging to it, whereof mention is made in St. 4 Edw. I. But, by St. 31 Eliz. c. 7, no man may build such co

The service to which a cotset was bound; a dwelling.

A species of tenancy in Ireland, constituted by an agreement in writing, and subject to the following terms: That the tenement consist of a dwellinghouse w Tith not more than half

pure cellulose with a small percentage of hydroscopic water.

dust present in the air during the handling or processing of cotton, which may contain a mixture of many substances including ground up plant matter, fiber, bacteria, fungi, soil,

The term “cotton futures contract” means any contract of sale of cotton for future delivery made at, on, or in any exchange, board of trade, or similar institution or place of busi

Receipts given for each bale of cotton received on storage by a public warehouse. Fourth Nat. Bank v. St. Louis Co.tton Compress Co.., 11 Mo. App 337.

The term “cotton-producing State” means any State in which the average annual production of cotton during the five years 1960–1964 was twenty thousand bales or more, except that an

Coat armor.

Boors; husbandmen. Domesday Book.

Boors; husbandmen, said to have been levant and couchant when they have been upon another person's land, damage feasant, one night at least. 3 Bl. Comm. 9.

Fr. An enclosure. Britt. c. 71.

Lying down.

Lying down and getting up.

or COURCHER. A factor who continues abroad for traffic (37 Edw. III. c. 16); also the general book wherein any COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, an assembly). The legislative body in the go

Sunset.

A factor who continues abroad for traffic, (37 Edw. III. a 16;) also the general book wherein any corporation, etc., register their acts, (3 & 4 Edw. VI. a 10.)

An estoppel or bar; an end or close, as of a pleading. tender of an issue to be tried by jury way of traverse or denial.

An action which lay in favor of a person who bad given or promised a thing without consideration. (causa.) Dig. 12, 7; Co.d. 4, 9.

I. I have confirmed. The emphatic word in ancient deeds of confirmation.

I. In civil and old English law. To confiscate; to claim for, or bring into, the fisc or treasury.

L In the Roman law. Marriage.

The stock brokers' curb market in Paris. COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, an assembly). The legislative body in the government of cities or boroughs. An advisory body selected to aid the e

One or more persons to whom a matter is referred for examination, deliberation, superintendence, action, or recommendation. An individual or a body to which others have committed o

the term “Council” means the Employee Thrift Advisory Council established under section 8473 of this title; / The term “Council” means the Cyber Incident Reporting Council describe

A council elected every seven years to examine into the conduct of state officials and constitutional violations.

By Act 30 & 31 Vict. c. 105, power is given for the crown to grant licenses for the formation of councils of conciliation and, arbitration, consisting of a certain number" of maste

Under the English judicature act of 1873 (section 75) an annual council of the judges of the supreme court is to be held, for the purpose of considering the operation of the new pr

A body composed of members of the English bar which governs the bar. It hears complaints against barristers and reports its findings with recommendations to the benchers of the Inn

A court instituted by Henry VIII. in 1537, to administer justice in Yorkshire and the four other northern counties. Under the presidency of Stratford, the court showed great rigor,

For purposes of this section, the term “Council on Alzheimer’s Disease” means the council established in section 11211(a) 2 of this title.

The term “Councils” means Regional Fishery Management Councils established under section 1852 of this title .

Fr. Advice and direction in law. Artie, sup. Chart, c. 11.

The counsellors who are associated in the management of a particular cause, or who act as legal advisers in reference to any matter requiring legal knowledge and judgment. The term

“Counsel for the United States” means— (A) a United States attorney, an assistant United States attorney designated to act on behalf of the United States attorney, or an attorney w

The term “counseling” means such counseling provided by an individual trained to provide such counseling.

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use by pregnant women” means diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pha

The term “counseling target area” means an area designated by the Secretary under paragraph (7)(A).

An advocate or barrister. A member of the legal profession whose special function is to give counsel or advice as to the legal aspects of judicial controversies or their preparatio

An officer in the supreme court of the United States, and in some other courts, who is retained by a party in a cause to conduct the same on its trial on his behalf. He differs fro

An attorney admitted to practice; an advising lawyer.

In equity pleading. The signature of counsel required to be appended to a bill to denote to the court that he had perused the draft of it, or been informed of the contents thereof

The statement of one of two or more causes of action contained in one pleading; to plead. See 5 Johns. (N. Y) 430.

I. fr. and eng. A statement of a plaintiff's case in court, being the first in the series of the pleadings in an action; a declaration, particularly in a real action; a distinct st

This phrase does not mean the exumination of the account to ascertain the result or effect of it, but the proof by testimony of the correctness of the items composing it. 5 Daly, 6

The term “countable expenditures” means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year— (I) the qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 609(a)(7)(B)(i) of this title (other

These words refer to the count of the house of commons by the speaker. Forty members, including the speaker, are required to constitute a members are not present he waits till four

An earl. Litt. 61, 181, 335.

Credit.

or COMPTER. The name of two prisons formerly standing in London, but now demolished. They were the Poultry Counter and Wood Street Counter. Cowell; Whishaw; Coke, 4th Inst. 248.

Pleader: the name of two London the Poultry counter, and the Wood-street

In opposition to; contrary. Counter in opposition or contradictory to another a bond of indemnity. In the civil law. Counter letter: an instrument by the lender of money to whom pr

counter, countour, I fr. and eng. In advocate or professional pleader; one who that is, related his case, recited his count or

An affidavit made in opposition to one already made. This is allowed in the preliminary examination of some cases.

A cross-appeal by the appellee.

A bond to indemnify 2 Leon. 90. CbUNtER FEASANCE. The act of forging.

See "Set-0£f."

A liberal practice introduced by the reformed codes of procedure in many of the United States, and comprehending Recoupment and Set-off, g. v., though broader than either. The New

the term "counterclaimant" means a respondent in a proceeding before the Copyright Claims Board that— (A) asserts a permissible counterclaim under section 1504(c)(4) agai

The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 7914 of this title . / The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made under

The term “counter-cyclical program payment yield” means the weighted average payment yield established under— (A) section 7912 or 7952 of this title; (B) section 1102 or 1301(6) of

A secret writing, either before a notary or under a private seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a public one.

Counterfeiting.

the term counterfeit, both by its etymology and common intendment, signifying the fabrication of a false image or representation

the term “counterfeit access device” means any access device that is counterfeit, fictitious, altered, or forged, or an identifiable component of an access device or a counterfeit

Co.in not genuine, but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for genuine coin, including genuine coin prepared or altered so as to resemble or pass for coin of a hi

The term "counterfeit device" means a device which, or the container, packaging, or labeling of which, without authorization, bears a trademark, trade name, or other iden

the term “counterfeit documentation or packaging” means documentation or packaging that appears to be genuine, but is not.

The term “counterfeit drug” means a drug which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, o

the term “counterfeited” means a document that purports to be genuine but is not, because it has been falsely made or manufactured in its entirety;

In criminal law. One who unlawfully makes base coin in imitation of the true metal, or forges false currency, or any instrument of writing, bearing a likeness and similitude to tha

The crime of making spurious coin in imitation of the genuine.

the term “counterfeit label” means an identifying label or container that appears to be genuine, but is not;

As used in this subsection the term “counterfeit mark” means— (i) a counterfeit of a mark that is registered on the principal register in the United States Patent and Trademark Off

the term “counterfeit military good or service” means a good or service that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such good or service and that— (A) is falsely identifi

the term “counterfeit police badge” means an item that so resembles a police badge that it would deceive an ordinary individual into believing it was a genuine police badge; and 2

The term “counterfeit substance” means a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identif

The term “counterfeit tobacco product” means a tobacco product (or the container or labeling of such a product) that, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or oth

The act of forging.

The part of a document, torn off and retained by the maker, as a check stub.

Coin not genuine, but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for genuine coin, including genuine coin prepared or altered so as to resemble or pass for coin of a hig

The term “counterinsurgency” means efforts to defeat organized movements that seek to overthrow the duly constituted Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan through violent means.

In this subsection, the terms “intelligence” and “counterintelligence” have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ). / Th

For purposes of this section, the term “counterintelligence polygraph examination” means a polygraph examination using questions reasonably calculated to obtain counterintelligence

Fr. [L. Lat. narrare.] To count; to plead. Ne soit oye en la court le roy a counter pur nulluy; shall not be heard to plead in the king's court for any man. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 29.

An agreement to recovery where property has been passed by absolute deed with the intention that it shall COUNTER ROLL (Law Fr. eontreroule, conterrolle; Law Lat. contra rotulus).

A change or recalling of orders previously given. Express countermand takes place when contrary orders are given, and a revocation of the prior order is made. Implied countermand t

A sign put upon goods already marked ; also the several marks put upon goods belonging to several persons, to show that they must not be opened, but in the presence of ali the owne

the term "countermeasure" means a qualified countermeasure, a security countermeasure, and a qualified pandemic or epidemic product;

The term "countermeasure or product" refers to a security countermeasure, qualified countermeasure, or qualified pandemic or epidemic product (as those terms are defined

A proposal to accept, or an acceptance upon terms varying from those offered, is a rejection of the offer, and puts an end to the negotiation, unless the party who made the origina

Formerly, each party to an indenture executed a separate deed; that part which was executed by the grantor was called the "original," and the rest the "counterparts." It is now usu

A copy of the original writ, authorized to be issued to another county when the court has jurisdiction of the cause by reason of the fact that some of the defendants are residents

In pleading. A plea to some matter incidental to the main object of the suit, and out of the direct line of pleadings. 2 Wm. Saund. 45h. Thus, counterplea of oyer is the defendant'

A replication or plea in reply to another plea.

A duplicate record.

In English law. The rolls which sheriffs have with the coroners, containing particuiars of their proceedings, as well of appeals as of inquests, etc. 3 Edw. L e, 10.

Security given to one who has become security for another, the condition of which is, that if the one who first became surety shall be damnified, the one who gives the counter secu

See Counter.