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  • CLAMOR
    In old English law. A claim or complaint; an outcry; clamor. In the civil law. A claimant A debt; anything claimed from another. A proclamation; an accusation. Du Cange.
  • CLANDESTINE
    Secret; hidden; concealed. The "clandestine importation" of goods is a term used in English statutes as equivalent to "smuggling." Keck v. U. S., 172 U. S. 434, 19 Sup. Ct 254, 48 I* Ed. 505. A clandestine marriage is (legally) one contracted without observing the conditions precedent prescribed by law, More...
  • CLARE CONSTAT
    (It dearly appears.) In Scotch law. The name of a precept for giving seisin of lands to an heir ; so called from Its Initial words: Ersk. Inst 3, 8, 7L
  • CLAREMETHEN
    In old Scotch law. The warranty of stolen cattle or goods; the law regulating such warranty. Skene.
  • CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
    The constitutions of Clarendon were certain statutes made in the reign of Henry II. of England, at a parliament held at Clarendon, (A. D. 1164,) by which the king checked the power of the pope and his clergy, and greatly narrowed the exemption they claimed from secular jurisdiction. 4 Bl. More...
  • CLARIFICATIO
    Lat. In old Scotch law. A making clear; the purging or clearing (clenging) of an assise. Skene.
  • CLASS
    The order or rank according to which persons or things are arranged or assorted. Also a group of persons or things, taken collectively, having certain qualities in common, and constituting a unit for certain purposes; e. g„ a class of legatees. In re Harpke, 116 Fed. 297, 54 C. C More...
  • CLASSIARIUS
    A seaman or soldier serving at sea.
  • CLASSICI
    In the Roman law. Persons employed In servile duties on board of vessels. Cod. 11, 12.
  • CLASSIFICATION
    In the practice of the English chancery division, where there are several parties to an administration action, including those who have been served with notice of the decree or judgment, and it appears to the judge (or chief clerk) that any of them form a class having the same interest, More...
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