CALENDAR C. A brand on the forehead as a Cacicazgos. Lands held in entail punishment for counterfeiting in by the caciques in Indian villages Rhode Island. in Spanish America.—Bouv. C. A. V. Curia advisare vult. The Cadastre, or Cadaster. An assess. court wishes to deliberate. ment-roll of real property. c. B. Common bench. Cadaver. A corpse. C. C. County commissioner; county Cadere. To fall; to fail; to end. court. Cadi. A Turkish civil magistrate. C. C. P. Court of common pleas. Caedua. Preserved for cutting, as wood. C'est ascavoir. (French) That is Caduca. That which is inherited or to say. escheated. C'est le crime qui fait la honte, et Caducary. Relating to or subject to non pas l'echafaud. It is the escheat or forfeiture. crime which brings disgrace, and Caducus. Falling. not the scaffold. Caesarean operation. Delivery of a C. H. An abbreviation for Court child by cutting above the pelvis. house. Caetera desunt. Other things are C. J. Chief justice. lacking. c. O. D. Collect on delivery. See Caeteris paribus. Other things 94 Mich. 133, 34 Am. St. Rep. 328, equal. 53 N. W. 918. Caeteris tacentibus. The others beC. T. A. Cum testamento annexo; ing silent. with the will annexed. Caeterorum. Of the rest or residue. Ca. resp. Capias ad respondendum; Cahier. A memorial: a petition: a which see. report; a section of a book. Ca. sa. Capias ad satisfaciendum; Cairns act. An English statute auwhich see. thorizing damages in equity suits. Cabal. A junto; a small political Calamus. A pen made of a reed. faction. See 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 484. Caballeria. (Spanish) A lot of land Calcea. A causeway. measuring 100 by 200 feet. Calcetum. A causeway. Caballero. (Spanish) A knight. Calefagium. The right to take fuel Cabinet. A body of officials form annually. ing an advisory council. Calendar. A court list of causes to Cabinet council. A council of cab be heard; a list of prisoners with inet members held privately to their sentences. See 9 Ill. App. consider public matters. 537. Cablish. Brushwood. Calendar amendment act. An EngCachepolus. A catchpoll; a bailiff; lish statute (1751) adopting the a constable. Gregorian calendar. CALENDAR CAMPUS Calendar month. A period ter minating with the day of the succeeding month numerically corresponding to the day of its beginning, less one. If there be no corresponding day, it terminates with the last day thereof. See 46 Neb. 427, 50 Am. St. Rep. 617, 30 L. R. A. 450, 65 N. W. 46. Calends. (Roman) The first day of the month. .: Call. A notice of a meeting; a stock assessment; a monument, landmark, course or distance in a survey. See i Wash. St. 521, 20 Pac. 605. Calling the jury. Calling off the names of veniremen for jury duty. Calling the plaintiff. The formal calling of the plaintiff upon order ing a nonsuit. Calling to the bar. Admitting a student to the right to practice law. Calpe. (Scotch) Tribute by a clans man to his chief, for protection. Calumnia. A false charge; a cal umny; a claim; a demand. Calumniae juramentum. The oath against calumny; an oath of good faith. Calumniae jus jurandum. Same as Calumniae juramentum. Calumniare. To claim; to calum niate. Calumniators. Those who make false accusations maliciously. Calumny. Libel; slander; defama tion. Calvin's Case. An action holding that Calvin, though born in Scotland after the English crown descended to James I, who was also king of Scotland, was entitled to hold land. See 2 How. St. Tr. 559. Camara. A chamber; a vault; a treasury. Camarage. Rent paid for storage. Cambellanus. A chamberlain. Cambiator. Same as Cambist. Cambio. Exchange; a bourse. Cambipartia. Champerty. cambiparticeps. A party to the of fense of champerty. Cambist. A dealer in negotiable paper. Cambium. (Civil Law) Exchange; exchange of lands. Camera. Same as Camara. Camera regis. A harbor. Camera scaccarii. The exchequer chamber. Camera stellata. The star-chamber. Cameralistics. The science of fin ance. Camerarius. A treasurer; a cham berlain. Camino. (Spanish) A highway. Camorra. An Italian secret society. Campana. A church-bell; a bell. Campana bajula. A hand-bell used by court criers. Campanile. A bell tower. Campartum. A part of a field. Campbell's Act. An English statute giving a remedy for death by wrongful act. See 9 & 10 Vict., c. 93. Campers. “A share. Campertum. A grain or corn field. Campias in withernam. A writ to seize other goods of equal value when the plaintiff's goods have been taken out of the county. Campfight. A duel; a battle. Campi partitio. Champerty. Campus. A field. CAMPUS CAPITAL ing. Campus maii. May day, a Saxon an. Capax. A holder; capable. niversary. Capax doli. Capable of committing Cancellaria. Chancery. crime. Cancellarius. A chancellor. Capax negotii. Capable of contractCancellation. The avoiding or nul lifying of a written obligation. Cape. A judicial writ to recover See 26 Ga. 451. land on the tenant's default. Cancellatura. A cancellation. Cape magnum. A judicial writ for Cancelli The railing inclosing the the possession of land when the bar of a court; cancellation .. tenant defaulted in a real action. marks. Cape parvum. A judicial writ to Candidate. The announced aspirant recover possession in a real action for an office. in which the tenant had appeared. Candlemas day. February 2d. Caper. A Dutch privateer. Cane. (Scotch) A tax; rent paid Capias. A writ for the seizure of in produce. the property or person of the de. fendant. Canon. A law; a church officer who Capias ad audiendum judicium. A took revenue for conducting ser writ to bring a convicted misde. vice. meanant up for sentence. See 4 Canon law. The law of the Roman Bl. Comm. 368. church. Capias ad computandum. A writ Canonic or canonical. Pertaining to commanding a defendant to aca canon or church law. count upon his refusal. Canonicate. The office of a canon. Capias ad respondendum. A writ Canonicus. A canon. for the arrest of the defendant in Canonry. The office or benefice of a civil action. a canon. Capias ad satisfaciendum. A writ Canons of descent. Same as Canons of execution directed against the of inheritance. defendant's person. See 5 N. J. L. 799. Canons of inheritance. The rules or laws of descent. Capias pro fine. A writ for the arrest of one who had not paid a Cant. An auction sale; a sale to effect partition between coten Capias utligatum. A writ for the ants. Cantel. The excess over a seizure of an outlaw or his goods. full Capiatur pro fine. Let him be taken measure. for the fine. Canton. A district. Capita. Heads. Cantred. (Welsh) A district; a Capital. The property and money hundred. invested in a business; affecting Canum. (Scotch) A duty paid in human life. See 37 Ga. 597. produce. Canvass. To examine thoroughly; Capital crime. A crime punishable O an examination. by death. Capacity. Legal qualification; au- Capital punishment. Infliction of thority; competency. the death penalty. fine. CAPITAL CARCATA Capital stock. The sum subscribed by the stockholders of a corporation. See 126 N. Y. 433, 27 N. E. 818, 12 L. R. A. 762. Capitale. A thing which is stolen, or its value.—Blount. Capitalis. Capital. Capitalis baro. Chief baron. Capitalis custos. Chief magistrate or warden. Capitalis debitor. The principal debtor. Capitalis dominus. The chief lord. Capitalis justiciarius. The chief .justice. Capitalis justiciarius ad placita corum rege tenenda. Chief justice in holding pleas before the king. Capitalis justiciarius banci. Chief justice of the bench. Capitalis justiciarius totius angliae. Chief justice of all England. Capitalis plegius. Chief surety. Capitalis redditus. A chief rent. Capitaneus. One holding in capite. Capitas diminutio. Civil death. Capitatim. By heads; per head. Capitation. A poll tax. Capite. See In capite. Capite minutus. One undergoing civil death. Capitis diminutio maxima. Com plete loss of civil status. Capitis diminutio media. Partial loss of civil status. Capitis diminutio minima. Slight loss of civil status. Capitula. Collections of laws and ordinances drawn up under heads or divisions.—Spelman. Capitula coronis. Detailed sched ules. Capitula de judaeis. A register of mortgages to Jews. Capitular. A law or canon passed by an ecclesiastical chapter; a chapter member. Capitulary. Same as Capitular. Capitulate. To draw up an agree. ment; to surrender conditionally. Capitulum. A chapter or section of a book. Capitur pro fine. Same as Capias pro fine. Capper. One employed to solicit business for an attorney. Captio. Caption. Caption. A taking; a seizure; the heading of a document. Capitation. Undue influence. Captator. One exercising undue in fluence over another. Capture. A taking of a vessel as a prize by an enemy, in time of open war, with intent to deprive the owner of it. See 6 Wall. (U. S.) 1, 18 L. Ed. 836. A seizure of property or soldiers of an enemy in time of war. Caput. A head; a chief; a principal. Caput baroniae. A nobleman's man sion-house. Caput portus. The chief town of a port. Caput lupinum. An outlaw. Caput mortuum. A deadhead; a nullity. Caput, principium et finis. The head, beginning and end. Caputagium. Head-money. Caputium. A headland. Carack. A bulky ship built for both commerce and war. Carat. A weight of 4 grains. Carcan. A sort of collar worn as a punishment. Carcare. To load. Carcata. Freighted or loaded. CARCELAGE CASE Carcelage. Prison fees. ad puniendos, dari debet. A jail ment. Carcer non supplicii causa sed cus todiae constitutus. A jail is not maintained for punishment, but for custody. Carcer. A jail. Cardinal. A high officer in the church of Rome. Card-playing Games played with cards, often for money. Care. Caution; vigilance; watchful ness; freedom from neglect. Carena. A quarantine. Careta. A cart. Cargo. The load of a ship. Carl. Same as Churl. Carlisle tables. Tables of life ex pectancy compiled at Carlisle, England, in 1870. , Carnal. Sensual; lustful. Carnal knowledge. Sexual inter course. Carnaliter. Carnally. Carnaliter cognovit. He carnally knew. Carno. An immunity or privilege. Cowell. Carriage. (Equity) Control or con duct. Implying a right to proceed with others in a suit. (Scotch) The service of a horse and cart. Carrier. One who transports goods for hire. Carry. To bear; to convey. Carrying away. The asportation or complete moving of goods. Carrying costs. Awarding costs. Carta. A deed or charter. Carta de Foresta. Laws of the forest. Cart-bote. The estovers or license to take sufficient wood for the maintenance of farming tools. See 2 Bl. Comm. 35. Carte. A chart. Carte blanche. A signed blank in strument to be filled in and used by another without restriction. See 2 Pa. St. 200, 44 Am. Dec. 190. Cartel. A challenge; a note from a belligerent relative to exchange of prisoners. Cartoon. A caricature, often libcl ous. Caruca. A plough. Carucage A tax on land ploughable with one plough. Carucata. A plough. Carve. To segregate; to cut out, as a smaller estate or parcel from a larger. Cas. Case. Cas fortuit. An inevitable accident. Case Case. An action at law; a suit in equity; an abbreviated form of “Action on the case,” which see. Case agreed. A statement of the facts of a case agreed on by the parties or found by another court. Case certified. A question of law certified by a lower court and submitted to a higher court for decision. See 128 U. S. 426, 32 L. Ed. 503, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 113. Case law. The law as laid down in the decisions of the courts. Case made. Same as Case reserved. Case of the seven bishops. An Eng. lish case in 1688 wherein the primate and six bishops were charged with libel for petitioning against the king's order that his "declarations for liberty of conscience" be read in the churches. Case reserved. A decision rendered pro forma for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the same |