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  • CLAUSE
    A single paragraph or subdivision of a legal document such as a contract, deed, will, constitution, or statute. Sometimes a sentence or part of a sentence. Appeal of Miles, 68 Conn. 237, 36 Ati. 39* 36 L. R. A, 176; Eschbach v. Collins, 61 Md. 499, 48 Am. Rep. 123. More...
  • CLAUSULA
    A clause; a sentence or part of a sentence in a written instrument or law. Clansnla centralis de residno non en eompleetitnr qns» non ejnsdent sint gen* oris own Us ana speoiatim dicta fne-rant. A general clause of remainder does not embrace those things which are not of the same More...
  • CLAUSUM
    Lat. Close, closed up, sealed. Inclosed, as a parcel of land.
  • CLAUSUM FREGIT
    L. Lat (He broke the close.) In pleading and practice. Technical words formerly used in certain actions of trespass, and stUl retained in the phrase quart clausum fregit, (q. v.)
  • CLAUSUM PASCHIAE
    In English law. Tne morrow of the utast or eight days of Easter; the end of Easter; the Sunday after Easter-day. 2 Inst 157.
  • CLAUSURA
    In old English law. An inclosure. Clausura heya, the inclosure of a hedge. CowelL
  • CLAVES CURIAE
    The keys of the court They were the officers of the Scotch courts, such as clerk, doomster, and Serjeant Burrill.
  • CLAVES INSULAE
    In Manx law. The keys of the Island of Man, or twelve persons to whom all ambiguous and weighty causes are referred.
  • CLAVIA
    In old English law. A club or mace; tenure per scrjeantiam claviw, by the serjeanty of the club or mace. CowelL
  • CLAVIGERATUS
    A treasurer of a church.
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