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  • CASSETUR BREVE
    (Lat That the writ be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement where the action was commenced by original writ, (breve.) 3 Bl. Comm. 303; Steph. PI. 107, 109.
  • CASSOCK, OR CASSULA
    A garment worn by a priest.
  • CAST
    v. In old English practice. To allege, offer, or present; to proffer by way of excuse, (as to "cast an essoin.") This word is now used as a popular, rather than a technical, term, in the sense of to overcome, overthrow, or defeat in a civil action at law. —Cast More...
  • CAST
    p. p Overthrown, worsted, or defeated in an action.
  • CASTEL, OR CASTLE
    A fortress In a town; the principal mansion of a nobleman. 3 Inst. 31.
  • CASTELLAIN
    In old English law. The lord, owner, or captain of a castle; the constable of a fortified house; a person having the custody of one of the crown mansions; an officer of the forest
  • CASTELLANUS
    A castellain; the keeper or constable of a castle. Spelman.
  • CASTELLARIUM, CASTELLATUS
    In old English law. The precinct or jurisdiction of a castle. Blount
  • CASTELLORUM OPERATIO
    In Saxon and old English law. Castle work. Service and labor done by inferior tenants for the building and upholding castles and public places of defense. One of the three •necessary charges, (trinoda necessitas,) to which all lands among the Saxons were expressly subject Cowell.
  • CASTIGATORY
    An engine nsed to punish women who have been convicted of being common scolds. It is sometimes called the "trebucket" "tumbrel," "ducking-stool," or "cucking-stool." U. S. v. Royall, 27 Fed. Cas. 907.
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