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  • COMPOUND INTEREST
    Interest upon interest, i. e., when the interest of a sum of money is added to the principal, and then bears Interest, which thus becomes a sort of secondary principal. Camp v. Bates, 11 Conn. 487; Woods v. Rankin, 2 Heisk. (Tenn.) 46; U. S. Mortg. Co. v. Sperry (C. More...
  • COMPOUNDER
    In Louisiana. The maker of a composition, generally called the "amicable compounder."
  • COMPOUNDING A FELONY
    The offense committed by a person who, having been directly injured by a felony, agrees with the criminal that he will not prosecute him. on condition of the latter's making reparation, or on receipt of a reward or bribe not to prosecute. The offense of taking a reward for foe-bearing More...
  • COMPRA Y VENTA
    In Spanish law. Purchase and sale.
  • COMPRINT
    A surreptitious printing of another book-seller's copy of a work, to make gain thereby, which was contrary to common law, and is illegal. Wharton.
  • COMPRIVIGNI
    In the civil law. Children by a former marriage, (individually called "privigni," or "privignas,") considered relatively to each other. Thus, the son of a husband by a former wife, and the daughter of a wife by a former husband, are the comprUrtgni of each other. Inst. 1, 10, &
  • COMPROMISE
    An arrangement arrived at, either in court or out of court, for settling a dispute upon what appears to the parties to be equitable terms, having regard to the uncertainty they are in regarding the facts, or the law and the facts together. Colburn v. Groton, 66 N. H. 151, More...
  • COMPROMISSARIUS
    In the civil law. An arbitrator.
  • COMPROMISSUM
    A submission to arbitration. Compromissum ad simllituolnem ju-dloiorum redlgitur. A compromise is brought into affinity with judgments. Strong T. Strong, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 571.
  • COMPTE ARRETE
    Fr. An account stated in writing, and acknowledged to be correct on its face by the party against whom it is stated. Paschal v. Union Bank of Louisiana, 9 La. Ann. 484.
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