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  • COLORE OFFICII
    Lat. By color of office.
  • COLORED
    By common usage in America, this term, in such phrases as "colored persons," "the colored race," "colored men," and the like, is used to designate negroes or persons of the African race, including all persons of mixed blood descended from negro ancestry. Van Camp v. Board of Education, 9 Ohio More...
  • COLPICES
    Young poles, which, being cut down, are made levers or lifters. Blount
  • COLPINDACH
    In old Scotch law. A young beast or cow, of the age of one or two years; In later times called a "cowdash."
  • COLT
    An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old. Mallory v. Berry, 16 Kan. 295; Pullen v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91.
  • COM
    An abbreviation for "company," exactly equivalent to "Co." Keith v. Sturges, 51 III. 142.
  • COMBARONES
    In old English law. Fellow-barons; fellow-citizens. The citizens or freemen of the Cinque Ports being anciently called "barons;" the term "combarones" Is used in this sense in a grant of Henry III. to the barons of the port of Fevresham. Cowell.
  • COMBAT
    A forcible encounter between two or more persons; a battle; a duel. Trial by battle. —-Mntnal combat is one into which both the parties enter voluntarily; it implies a common intent to fight, but not necessarily an exchange of blows. Aldrige v. (State, 59 Miss. 250; Tate v. State, 46 More...
  • COMBATERRAE
    A valley or piece of low ground between two hills. Kennett Gloss.
  • COMBE
    A small or narrow valley.
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