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  • CART BOTE
    Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (including necessary vehicles,) of husbandry. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.
  • CARTA
    In old English law. A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; a power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 18, L 30.
  • CARTA DE FORESTA
    In old English law. The charter of the forest More commonly called "Charta de Forcsta" (q. v.)
  • CARTE
    In French marine law. A chart.
  • CARTE BLANCHE
    A white sheet of paper; an instrument signed, but otherwise left blank. A sheet given to an agent with the principal's signature appended, to be filled up with any contract or engagement as the agent may see fit. Hence, metaphorically, unlimited authority.
  • CARTEL
    An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel. —Cartel-ship. A vessel commissioned in time of war to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers; also to carry any particular proposal from one to another. For this More...
  • CARTMEN
    Carriers who transport goods and merchandise in carts, usually for abort distances, for hire.
  • CARTULARY
    A place where papers or records are kept.
  • CARUCA, OR CARUA
    A plow.
  • CARUCAGE
    In old English law. A kind of tax or tribute anciently imposed upon every plow, (carve or plow-land,) for the public service. Spelman.
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