The initial letter of the word “Codex,” used by some writers in citing the Code of Justiniau. Tayl. Civil Law, 24. It was also the letter iuscribed on the ballots […]

An abbreviation for curia ad- visari vult, the court will be advised, will consider, will deliberate.

In reports and legal documents, an abbreviation for common bench . Also an abbreviation for chief baron .

Various terms or phrases may be denoted by this abbreviation ; such as circuit court , (or city or county court 😉 criminal cases, (or crown or civil or chancery […]

An abbreviation for Code of Civil Procedure ; also for court of common pleas .

A corporation in the United States that, for Federal income tax purposes, is taxed under and Subchapter C ( et seq.) of Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code.A C […]

An abbreviation for chief justice ; also for circuit judge .

Common law procedure, in reference to the English acts so entitled.

” Collect on delivery .” These letters are not cabalistic, but have a determinate meaning. They import the carrier’s liability to return to the consignor either the goods or the […]

An abbreviation for common pleas .

An abbreviation for curia regis ; also for chancery reports.

An abbreviation for cum testa- mento annexo, in describing a species of administration .

An Investment Trust being a corporate legal entity , may issue C shares (or

These abbreviations stand for “cent” or “cents,” and any of them, placed at the top or head of a column of figures, sufficiently indicates the denomination of the figures below. […]

Other things being equal.

A small association for the purpose of intrigue; an intrigue. This name was given to that ministry in the reign of Charles II. formed by Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and […]

In French commercial law . A factor or broker.

Pertaining to a horse. It was a feudal tenure of lands, the tenant furnishing a horseman suitably equipped in time of war, or when the lord had occasion for his […]

In Spanish law. An allotment of land acquired by conquest, to a horse soldier. It was a strip one hundred feet wide by two hundred feet deep. The term has […]

In Spanish law. A knight. So called on account of its being more honorable to go on horseback (d caballo) than on any other beast.

A hotel room that is right next to a pool.

The advisory board or council of a king or other chief executive. In the government of the United States the cabinet is composed of the secretary of state , the […]

In English law . A private and confidential assembly of the most considerable ministers of state, to concert measures for the administration of public affairs ; first established by Charles […]

A large and strong rope or chain, such as is attached to a vessel’s anchors, or the traction-rope of a street railway operated by the cable system, (Hooper v. Railway […]

To pay a request that was sent electronically by starting a negotiation with a bank (usually the issuing bank) of a letter of credit (L/C). Permission must be given to […]