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CICATRIX
In medical jurisprudence. A scar; the mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a ridge of flesh.

In medical jurisprudence. A scar; the mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a ridge of flesh. Less...
CINQUE PORTS
Five (now seven) ports or havens on the south-east coast of England, towards France, formerly esteemed the most Important in the kingdom. They are Dover, Sandwich, Romuey, Hastings, and Hythe, to which Winchelsea and Rye have been since added. They had similar franchises, in some respects, with the counties palatine, More...

Five (now seven) ports or havens on the south-east coast of England, towards France, formerly esteemed the most Important in the kingdom. They are Dover, Sandwich, Romuey, Hastings, and Hythe, to which Winchelsea and Rye have been since added. They had similar franchises, in some respects, with the counties palatine, and particularly an exclusive. Jurisdiction, (before the mayor and jurats, corresponding to aldermen, of the ports,) in which the king s ordinary writ did not run. 3 BL Comm. 79. The 18 & 19 Vict c. 48, (amended by 20 A 21 Vict. c. 1,) abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the lord warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits, or other civil proceedings at law or in equity. Less...
CIPPI
An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined.

An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined. Less...
CIRCADA
A tribute anciently paid to the bishop or archbishop for visiting churches. Du Fresne.

A tribute anciently paid to the bishop or archbishop for visiting churches. Du Fresne. Less...
CIRCAR
In Hindu law. Head of affairs ; the state or government; a grand division of a province; a headman. A name used by Europeans in Bengal to denote the Hindu writer and accountant employed by themselves, or in the public offices. Wharton.

In Hindu law. Head of affairs ; the state or government; a grand division of a province; a headman. A name used by Europeans in Bengal to denote the Hindu writer and accountant employed by themselves, or in the public offices. Wharton. Less...
CIRCUIT
A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes or for the administration of justice. Bouvier. Circuits, as the term is used in England, may be otherwise defined to be the periodical progresses of the judges of the superior courts of common More...

A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes or for the administration of justice. Bouvier. Circuits, as the term is used in England, may be otherwise defined to be the periodical progresses of the judges of the superior courts of common law, through the several counties of England and Wales, for the purpose of administering civil and criminal Justice. —Circnit Jndjp, The judge of a circuit court Crozier v. Lyons, 72 Iowa, 401, 34 N. W. 186. —Circnit justioc. In federal law and practice. The justice of the supreme court who is allotted to a given circuit. U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 486.—Circnit paper. In English practice. A paper containing a statement of the time and place at which the several assises will be held, and other statistical information connected with the assises. Holtbouse. Less...
CIRCUIT COURTS
The name of a system of courts of the United States, invested with general original jurisdiction of such matters and causes as are of Federal cognizance, except the matters specially delegated to the district courts. The United States circuit courts are held by one of the justices of the supreme More...

The name of a system of courts of the United States, invested with general original jurisdiction of such matters and causes as are of Federal cognizance, except the matters specially delegated to the district courts. The United States circuit courts are held by one of the justices of the supreme court appointed for the circuit (and bearing the name, in that capacity, of circuit justice,) together with the circuit judge and the district judge of the district in which they are held. Their business is not only the supervision of trials of issues in fact but the hearing of causes as a court in banc; and they have equity as well as common-law jurisdiction, together with appellate jurisdiction from the decrees and judgments of the district courts. 1 Kent, Comm. 301-303. In several of the states, circuit court is the name given to a tribunal, the territorial jurisdiction of which comprises several counties or districts, and whose sessions are held in such counties or districts alternately. These courts usually have general original jurisdiction. In re Johnson, 12 Kan. 102. Less...
CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS
A system of courts of the United States (one in each circuit) created by act of congress of March 8, 1891 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 488), composed of the circuit justice, the circuit judge, and an additional circuit Judge appointed for each such court, and having appellate jurisdiction More...

A system of courts of the United States (one in each circuit) created by act of congress of March 8, 1891 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 488), composed of the circuit justice, the circuit judge, and an additional circuit Judge appointed for each such court, and having appellate jurisdiction from the circuit and district courts except in certain specified classes of cases. Circuit** cat evltandus; ct boni judicis est litcs dirimere, no lie on lite oria-twr. 5 Coke, 31. Circuity is to be avoided; and it is the duty of a good judge to determine litigations, lest one lawsuit arise out of another. Less...
CIRCUITY OF ACTION
This occurs where a litigant, by a complex, indirect, or roundabout course of legal proceeding, makes two or more actions necessary, in order to effect that adjustment of rights between all the parties concerned in the transaction which, by a more direct course, might have been accomplished in a single More...

This occurs where a litigant, by a complex, indirect, or roundabout course of legal proceeding, makes two or more actions necessary, in order to effect that adjustment of rights between all the parties concerned in the transaction which, by a more direct course, might have been accomplished in a single suit Less...
CIRCULAR NOTES
Similar instruments to "letters of credit." They are drawn by resident bankers upon their foreign correspondents, in favor of persons traveling abroad. The correspondents must be satisfied of the identity of the applicant, before payment; and the requisite proof of such identity is usually furnished, upon the applicant's producing a More...

Similar instruments to "letters of credit." They are drawn by resident bankers upon their foreign correspondents, in favor of persons traveling abroad. The correspondents must be satisfied of the identity of the applicant, before payment; and the requisite proof of such identity is usually furnished, upon the applicant's producing a letter with his signature, by a comparison of the signatures. Brown. Less...

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