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  • CARUCA, OR CARUA
    A plow.
  • CARUCAGE
    In old English law. A kind of tax or tribute anciently imposed upon every plow, (carve or plow-land,) for the public service. Spelman.
  • CARUCATA
    A certain quantity of land used as the basis for taxation. As much land as may be tilled by a single plow in a year and a day. Also, a team of cattle, or a cart-load.
  • CARTUCATARIUS
    One who held lands in cartage, or plow-tenure. Cowell.
  • CARUE
    A carve of land; plow-land. Britt c. 84.
  • CARVAGE
    The name as carucage, (q.v.) Cowell.
  • CARVE
    In old English law. A caru-eate or plow-land.
  • CAS FORTUIT
    Fr. In the law of insurance. A fortuitous event; an inevitable accident.
  • CASATA
    In old English law. A house with land sufficient for the support of one family. Otherwise called "hida" a hide of land, and by Bede, "familia." Spelman.
  • CASATUS
    A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own.
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