In the civil law . A person who is appointed to take care of anything for another. A guardian. One appointed to take care of the state of a minor […]

In the civil law . A guardian for this purpose; a special guardian.

Guardian for the suit. In English law , the corresponding phrase is ” guardian ad litem .”

In the civil law . A guardian or trustee appointed to take care of property in certain cases; as for the benefit of creditors. Dig. 42, 7. In Scot’s law. […]

Surveyors of the highways.

The office of a curator. Curatorship differs from tutorship, (q. v.,) in this; that the latter is instituted for the protection of property in the first place, and, secondly, of […]

A woman who has been appointed to the office of curator; a female guardian. Cross’ Curatrlx v. Cross’ Legatees, 4 Giat. (Va.) 257.

A curate has no title, [to tithes.] 3 Bulst. 310.

The rectification or rendering nugatory of a defect in the pleadings by the rendition of a verdict; the court will presume, after a verdict, that the particular thing omitted or […]

In ecclesiastical law . The ecclesiastical or spiritual charge of a parish, including the usual and regular duties of a minister in charge. State v. Bray, 35 N. C. 290.

A time frame of 30 to 90 days during which a company that has gone into technical DEFAULT on a contractual payment is permitted to submit payment without further prejudice, […]

An Institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of William the Conqueror, which consisted in the ringing of a bell or bells at eight o’clock at night, […]

In old European law. A court. The palace, household, or retinue of a sovereign. A judicial tribunal or court held in the sovereign’s palace. A court of justice. The civil […]

The court of admiralty .

The court will advise; the court will consider. A phrase frequently found in the reports, signifying the resolution of the court to suspend judgment in a cause, after the argument […]

In old English law . A court-baron . Fleta, lib. 2, c. 53.

The ecclesiastical court.

The county court , (q. v.)

In old English law . The lord’s court, house,or hall, where all the tenants met at the time of keeping court. Cowell.

A court so called, anciently held at Carisbrook Castle, in the Isle of Wight. Cowell.

The palace court . It was abolished by 12 & 13 Vict, c. 101.

4 Inst. 50. The court of parliament is governed by its own laws.

In old English law . The court of pirdpoudre or piepowders, (q. v.) 3 Bl. Comm. 32.

In old records. A parsonage-house, or manse. Cowell.

The king’s court. A term applied to the aula regis, the bancus, or communis bancus, and the iter or eyre, as being courts of the king, but especially to the […]