Legal Term Dictionary

A court of the United States, created by act of congress in 1909, to hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the revenue officers in the imposition and collection of customs-duties. It is composed of a chief judge and four associates, and sits at Washington.

A court of the United States, created by act of congress in 1909, to hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the revenue officers in the imposition and collection of customs-duties. It is composed of a chief judge and four associates, and sits at Washington. Less...

Lat. A custodian, guard, keeper, or warden; a magistrate. —Custos brevium. The keeper of the writs. A principal clerk belonging to the courts of queen's bench and common pleas, whose office it was to keep the writs returnable into those courts. The office was abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c More...

Lat. A custodian, guard, keeper, or warden; a magistrate. —Custos brevium. The keeper of the writs. A principal clerk belonging to the courts of queen's bench and common pleas, whose office it was to keep the writs returnable into those courts. The office was abolished by 1 Wm. IV. c 5.—Custos ferarum. A gamekeeper. Townsh. PI. 265.—Castes horrci regit Protector of the royal granary. 2 Bl. Comm. 394. —-Custos maris. In old English law. Warden of the sea. The title of a high naval officer among the Saxons and after the Conquest, corresponding with admtraZ.-^ustos morum. The guardian of morals. The court of queen's bench has been so styled. 4 Steph. Comm. 377. —Custos plaoitorum coronaa. In old English law. Keeper of the pleas of the crown. Bract fol. 146. Cowell supposes this office to have been the same with the custos rotulorum. But it seems rather to have been another name for "coroner." Crabb. Eng. Law, 150; Bract, fol. 1366.—Custos rotulorum. Keeper of the rolls. An officer in England who has the custody of the rolls or records of the sessions of the peace, and also of the commission of the peace itself. He is always a justice of the quorum in the county where appointed and Is the principal civil officer in the county. 1 Bl. Comm. 349; 4 Bl. Comm. 272.—Custos piritualium. In English ecclesiastical law. Keeper of the spiritualities. He who exercises the spiritual jurisdiction of a diocese during the vacancy of the see. Cowell.—Custos tern-poralium. In English ecclesiastical law. .The person to whom a vacant see or abbey was given y the king, as supreme lord. His office was, as steward of the goods ana profits, to give an account to the escheator, who did the like to the exchequer.—Custos terras. In old English law. Guardian, warden, or keeper of tbe land. Custos statum hssredis in eustodia ex-istamtis meliorem, non deterlorem, fa-oere potest. 7 Coke, 7. A guardian can make the estate of an existing heir under his guardianship better, not worse. Less...

(Lat Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheep-skin, .or wool-pelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as native, with the exception that merchant strangers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

(Lat Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheep-skin, .or wool-pelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as native, with the exception that merchant strangers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314. Less...

(Small and new customs.) Imposts of 3d. in the pound, due formerly in England from merchant strangers only, for all commodities, as well imported as exported. This was usually called the "aliens duty," and was first granted in 31 Edw. I. 1 Bl. Comm. 314; 4 Inst 29.

(Small and new customs.) Imposts of 3d. in the pound, due formerly in England from merchant strangers only, for all commodities, as well imported as exported. This was usually called the "aliens duty," and was first granted in 31 Edw. I. 1 Bl. Comm. 314; 4 Inst 29. Less...

A wound made with a sharp instrument. State v. Patza. 3 La. Ann. 512; State v. Cody, 18 Or. 506, 23 Pac. 891; State v. Mairs, 1 N. J. Law, 453.

A wound made with a sharp instrument. State v. Patza. 3 La. Ann. 512; State v. Cody, 18 Or. 506, 23 Pac. 891; State v. Mairs, 1 N. J. Law, 453. Less...

In Hindu law. Corrupted from Kachari. A court; a hall; an office; the place where any public business is transacted.

In Hindu law. Corrupted from Kachari. A court; a hall; an office; the place where any public business is transacted. Less...

Sax. Known, knowing, Uncuth, unknown. See COUTHUTLAUGH, UNCUTH.

Sax. Known, knowing, Uncuth, unknown. See COUTHUTLAUGH, UNCUTH. Less...

A knowing or skillful counsellor.

A knowing or skillful counsellor. Less...

One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the custom. Wharton.

One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the custom. Wharton. Less...

In old English law. An officer In the exchequer, to whom it belonged to provide wood for the tallies, and to cut the sum paid upon them, etc.

In old English law. An officer In the exchequer, to whom it belonged to provide wood for the tallies, and to cut the sum paid upon them, etc. Less...