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  • CATCHLAND
    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 year. Cowell.
  • 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 Serjeant The word is not now in use as an official designation. Mlnshew.
  • CATER COUSIN
    (From Fr. Quatre-cousin.) A cousin in the fourth degree; hence any distant or remote relative.
  • CATHEDRAL
    In English ecclesiastical law. The church of the bishop of the diocese, in which is his cathedra, or throne, and his special jurisdiction; in that respect the principal church of the diocese. —Cathedral preferments. In English ecclesiastical law. All deaneries, archdeaconries, and canonries, and generally all dignities and offices in More...
  • CATHEDRATIC
    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 visits* tion, it is commonly named synodals. Wharton.
  • CATHOLIC CREDITOR
    In Scotch law. A creditor whose debt is secured on all or several distinct parts of the debtor's property. Bell.
  • CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT
    The statute of 10 Geo. IV. c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain high appointments In the state. 8 Steph. Comm. 109.
  • CATONIANA REGULA
    In Roman law. The rule which Is commonly expressed In the maxim, Quod ab initio non valet tractu iemporis non convalebit, meaning that what is at the beginning void by reason of some technical (or other) legal defect will not become valid merely by length of time. The rule applied More...
  • CATTLE
    A term which includes the domestic animals generally; all the animals used by man for labor or food. Animals of the bovine genus. In a wider sense, all domestic animals used by man for labor or food, including sheep and hogs. Mathews v. State, 30 Tex. Cr. R. 553, 47 More...
  • CAUDA TERRA
    A land's end, or the bottom of a ridge in arable land. Cowell.
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