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  • CRO, CROO
    In old Scotch law. A weregild. A composition, satisfaction, or assythment for the slaughter of a man.
  • CROCIA
    The crosier, or pastoral staff.
  • CROCIARIUS
    A cross-bearer, who went before the prelate. Wharton.
  • CROCKARDS, CROCARDS
    A foreign coin of base metal, prohibited by statute 27 Edw. I. St. 3, from being brought into the realm. 4 Bl. Comm. 98; Crabb, Eng. Law, 176.
  • CROFT
    A little close adjoining a dwelling-house, aud inclosed for pasture and tillage or any particular use. Jacob. A small place fenced off in which to keep farm-cattle. Spelman. The word is now entirely obsolete.
  • CROISES
    Pilgrims; so called as wearing the sign of the cross on their upper garments. Britt. c. 122. The knights of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, created for the defense of the pilgrims. Cowell: Blount.
  • CROITEIR
    A crofter; one holding a croft.
  • CROP
    The products of the harvest in corn or grain. Emblements. Insurance Co. v. De haven (Pa.) 5 Atl. 65; Goodrich v. Stevens, 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 230.
  • CROPPER
    One who, having no Interest in the laud, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. Fry v. Jones, 2 Rawle (Pa.) 11; Wood v. Garrison (Ky.) 62 S. W. 728; Steel v. Frick, 56 Pa. 172. The difference between a tenant and a More...
  • CROSS
    A mark made by persons who are unable to write, to stand Instead of a signature; usually made in the form of a Maltese cross. As an adjective, the word is applied to various demands and proceedings which are connected in subject-matter, but opposite or contradictory in purpose or object More...
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