Law Dictionary

A case omitted is to be held as (intentionally) omitted. Tray. Lat Max. 67.

A casus omissus does not justify judicial legislation.

An omitted and forgotten case is left to the disposal of the common law.

A case omitted and given to oblivion (forgotten) is left to the disposal of the common law. 5 Coke, 38. A particular case, left unprovided for by statute, must be disposed of accor

A whip sometimes used for whipping criminals. It consists of nine lashes tied to a handle, and is frequently called cat-o-nine-tails. It is used where the whipping-post is retained

Chattels.

Thescience of polit- Ical economy. CATALLIS CAPTIS NOMINE DIS-

Chattels lawfully possessed cannot be lost.

Dead goods; cattle other than work animals.

Chattels are considered in law among the least things. Jenk. Cent. 52.

Chattels are regarded in law among things of lesser importance.

A writ to distrain for rent.

An obsolete writ that lay where a house was within a borough, for rent issuing out of the same, and which warranted the inking of doors, windows, etc., by way of distress.

For the return of the chattels.

A chattel. See "Catalla." The word is used more frequently in the plural, catalla, but has then the same signification, denoting all goods, movable or immovable, except such as are

See Copyright. CATCHITfG. See Bargain.

Goods and chattels. See "Catalla." Rapalje & L.

A tenant in capite; a tenant holding immediately of the crown. Spelman.

Acatapult. A warlike engine to shoot darts; a cross-bow.

An old name for an archdeacon.

the term “catastrophic incident” means any natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disruption

"catastrophic injury" means an injury, the direct and proximate result of which is to permanently render an individual functionally incapable (including through a directl

In this section, the term “catastrophic injury or illness” means a permanent, severely disabling injury, disorder, or illness that the Secretary concerned determines compromises th

In this section the term “catastrophic regional fishery disaster” means a natural disaster, including a hurricane or tsunami, or a regulatory closure (including regulatory closures

The term “catch” means all fishery removals from the offshore whiting resource, including landings, discards, and bycatch in other fisheries.

An agreement with purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate

An agreement made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Any agreement, whether by sale, mortgage, or post obit bond, on insufficient con

Things caught, and in the possession, custody, power, and dominion of the party, with a present capacity to use them for his own purposes. The term includes blubber or pieces of wh

A bsrgnin by which money is loaned, at an extortionate or extravagant rate, to an heir or any one who has an estate in reversion er expectancy, to be repaid On the vesting of his i

Land in Norfolk, so called because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the tithes of it, by right of preoccupation, enjoys them for that ye

or CATCHPOLL. A name! formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of sergeant. The word is not now i

A bailiff; a constable.

An officer who makes arrests, — of contempt, but as an ordinary official

A torm of logic, meaning direct; unqualified; unconditional.

Categorical exclusion.—The term "categorical exclusion" has the meaning given the term in section 771.117(c) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu

families with dependent children eligible for public assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, 42 U.S.C.

One inviting a distinct and positive statement of fact; one which can be answered by "yes" or "no." In the plural, a series of questions, covering a particular subject-matter, arra

The term “category” means the subsets of discretionary appropriations in section 901(c) of this title . Discretionary appropriations in each of the categories shall be those design

The term “category of chemical substances” means a group of chemical substances the members of which are similar in molecular structure, in physical, chemical, or biological proper

The term “category of mixtures” means a group of mixtures the members of which are similar in molecular structure, in physical, chemical, or biological properties, in use, or in th

The term "category of personal protection equipment" means the following: (A) Body armor components. (B) Combat helmets. (C) Combat protective eyewear. (D) Other items as

The term “category of petroleum product” means a master line item within a notice of sale.

I. I In old English law. To tenult: chained and kept in irons.

A fourth cousin.

the term "catering functions" means preparation, assembly, or both, of food, beverages, provisions and related supplies for delivery, and the delivery of such items, dire

The term “cat fur” means the pelt or skin of any animal of the species Felis catus.

In ecclesiastical law. A tract set apart for the service of the church. The church of the bishop; so called from the fact that his cathedra or official chair is therein located.

In English ecclesiastical law. All deaneries, archdeaconries, and eanonries, and generally all dignities and offices in any cathedral or collegiate church, below the rank of a bish

In English ecclesiastical law. A sum of 2s. paid to the bishop by the inferior clergy; but from its being usually paid at the bishop's synod or visitation, it is commonly named syn

In Scotch law. A creditor whose debt is secured on several parts or all of his debtor's property. Such a creditor is bound to take his payment with reference to the rights of the s

Act 10 Geo. IV. e. 7. This act relieves from disabilities and restores all civil rights to Catholics, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices and certain high state offices.

LEGAL PERSONAL REPRESENTA-

These are certain classes o£ communications, passing betweon persons who stand in a conlidential or fiduciary relation to each other, (or who, on account of their relative situatio

In Roman law. The rule which is commonly expressed In the maxim, Quod ab initio non valet tractu technical (or other) legal defect will not become valid merely by length of time. T

Radcliff, 10 Wend. »639 (1833),— town of Guilderland, Albany county. See also Western University of Pennsylvania v. Robinson et al., 12 S. & R. *S9 (1824), and Carr v. Wallace, 7 W

s 1. To dra-w lines over the face of an instrument, in the forms of latticework. 3. To oblitei-ate, deface, efface, expunge; to do away with, set aside, strike out of existence. 3.

the term “cattle” means live domesticated bovine animals regardless of age; / “Cattle” means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or calves, or the carcass or carcasses

The term “cattle committed” means cattle that are scheduled to be delivered to a packer within the 7-day period beginning on the date of an agreement to sell the cattle.

A customary proportionate right of pasture enjoyed in common with others. The right is measured not by the number of cattle to be pastured, but by reference to the rights of others

A device to prevent cattle from straying along a rai

Uninclosed land where cattle may range. Cattle-gate. A right to pasture on the land of another.

The term “cattle type” means the following types of cattle purchased for slaughter: (A) Fed steers. (B) Fed heifers. (C) Fed Holsteins and other fed dairy steers and heifers. (D) C

2 Kent's Com, 359. See U. S. Digest and Supplement, Estray. In English law, an estray is any valuable animal, [whether beast or bird,] that is not wild, found within a lordship, an

I. I. In Old English law. Chancellor cellarius de scaccario, or Caucellarius et carii domini reg'is: chancellor of the ducatns et comitatus palatini domini regis the duchy of Lanca

A local political meeting. Causa. A cause; an action; a reason; a consideration.

A land's end, or the bottom of a ridge in arable land. Cowell. CAULCEIS (Law Fr.) A word used in old statutes (6 Hen. VI. c. 5) to signify causeways, or causeys. From the latin cal

/. I. In old English law. A extreme part of a ridge or furrow in lower end of a field; perhaps, a slip of end of a field, as caput terrce, a headland, V. Abuttals; Butts; Headlands

I. I. In old records. A trial by hot England.

Highroads or ways pitched with flint or other stones.

In the civil law. An innkeeper. Dig. 4, 9, 4, 5.

In the civil law. An inn or tavern. Inst. 4. 5. 3; Dig. 4. 9. 1. 5.

In the civil law. Innkeepers. Dig. 4, 9; Id. 47, 5; Story, Ag. § 458.

Italian merchants who came into England in the reign of Henry

Lat. 1. A cause, reason, occasion, motive or inducement 2. In the civil law and in old English law. The word signified a source, ground, or mode of acquiring property; hence a titl

Lat. In old English law. A title; a source, mode or ground of acquisition. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 273, § 263. Titulus est justa causa possidendi id qux>d nostrum est. Title is the la

Lat. A cause; a suit or action pending. Causa iestamentaria, a teatamentary cause.. Causa matrimonialis; a matrimonial cause. Bract fol. 61. Causa jactitationis matrimonii; a suit

Lat. By reason of, on account of. See Catisa matrimonii pralocuti. With reference to, in contemplation of. Causd, mortis; in anticipation of death. See Donatio causa mortis. CAUSA

By reason of adultery.

The intrusting such a powerful and dangerous engine as a locomotive, to one who will not submit to control, and render implicit obedience to orders, is itself an act of negligence,

The cause of the thing causing is the cause of the effect.

The cause of the thing causing is the cause of the effect 4 Camp. 284; Marble v. City of Worcester, 4 Gray (Mass.) 398.

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 certain event w

The cause of the church is equal to public cause; and paramount is the reason which makes for religion. Co. Litt. 341.

VITAE, LIBERTATIS, fisci sunt inter favorabilia in lege. Causes of dower, life, liberty, revenue are among the things favored in law. Co. Litt. 341.

Causes of dower, life, liberty and public moneys are among those favored in law.

The cause and origin is the material of business.

For the purpose of being entertained as a guest. 4 Maule & S. 310. CAUSA JACTITATIONIS MARITAGII (Lat.) A form of action which anciently lay against a party who boasted or gave out

By reason of impotence.

An action to enjoin one from representing himself to be the plaintiff’s spouse. See 3 Bl. Comm. 93.

Lat. In old English law. A condition. Item alia [donatio] fit 6b causam, (&c. Et hoc genus donationis improprie dicitur donatio, cum fiat sub condi Uone, &c.; another kindof gift i

Lat. In old European law. Any moveable thing or article of property, {pro re quavis et bonorum parte.) Capitul. lib. 5, tit. 208. L. Salic, tit. 46. Spelman.

A summons to take up the cause. A process, in the civil law, which issued when one of the parties to a suit died before its determination, for the plaintiff against the defendant's

A writ for a woman who has been jilted by a man to whom she gave land on promise of marriage.

A writ lying where a woman has given lands to a man in fee-simple with the intention that he shall marry her, and he refuses so to do within a reasonable time, upon suitable reques

Lat. (You signify to us the reason). In old English practice. A writ which formerly lay where a mayor of a town or city, after having been commanded by the king's writ to give seis

You signify to us the reason. In old English practice. A writ addressed to a mayor of a town, etc., who was by the king's writ commanded to give seisin of lands to the king's grant

In anticipation of death. See "Donatio Causa Mortis."

The reason is open, obvious,'plain, clear, or manifest. A common expression in old writers. Perk. c. 1, §§ 11, 14, 97. Causa patet ex praemissis, the reason is plain from the premi

The proximate cause.