An officer of the court of exchequer, who is appointed by patent under the great seal to be one of the barons of the exchequer . The office was abolished […]

Clerks in the chancery office, whose duties consisted in drawing up those writs which were of course, dc cursu, whence their name. They were abolished by St. 5 & 6 […]

In old records. A ridge. Cur- sones tcncc, ridges of laud. Cowell.

An inferior officer of the papal court.

The practice of the court is the law of the court.

The estate to which by common law a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands or tenements of which she was seised iu possession in […]

The name of King Edward the Confessor’s sword. It is said that the point of it was broken, as an emblem of mercy. (Mat. Par. in Hen. III.) Wharton.

The enclosed space of ground and buildings immediately surrounding a dwelling-house . In its most comprehensive and proper legal signification , it includes all that space of ground and buildings […]

In old English law . Court lands. Cowell. See COUBT LANDS.

A curtilage; the area or space within the inclosure of a dwellinghouse. Spelman.

A garden; a space about a house; a house, or manor; a court, or palace; a court of justice; a nobleman’s residence. Spelman.

The RISK of loss arising from a change in the shape of the YIELD CURVE (i.e., the TERM STRUCTURE of INTEREST RATES ). Although curve risk is generally associated with […]

A CALLABLE BOND with a high COUPON that is selling for a PREMIUM. The cushion bond loses less value as rates rise and gains less value when rates fall when […]

A term used in Hiiulostan for the discount or allowance made in the exchange of rupees, in contradistinction to ball a, which is the sum deducted. Enc. Loud.

Costs.

guardians of the peace. 1 Bl. Comm. 349

Writs for the admitting and removing of guardians.

In Roman law. Guard- dians; observers; inspectors . Persons who acted as inspectors of elections, and who counted the votes given. Tayl. Civil Law, 193. In old English law . […]

The style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great revolution, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared protector.

In the custody of the law . Stockwell v. Robinson, 9 Houst. (Del.) 313, 32 Atl. 528.

the extended care that is given in a nursing home by skilled nursing facilities.

In English law . A grant from the crown under the exchequer seal, by which the custody of lands, etc., seised in the king’s hands, is demised or committed to […]

An AGENT that performs various duties on behalf of a client, including holding securities in safe CUSTODY, executing financial transactions under specific instructions, and collecting periodic CASH FLOWS from investments.

The care and keeping of anything; as when an article is said to be “in the custody of the court.” People v. Burr, 41 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 296; Emerson […]

the term applied to the care and control of minors that are awarded by the court to one parent during a separation or divorce proceedings .