In practice . The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; so called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casually or […]

any evidence that is brought up in a case that has not been arranged beforehand to be used as evidence of a fact or event.

Temporary or part-time employment to perform various services.

Temporary or part-time laborer who performs various services. An hour or a day is the typical work duration.

A poor person who. in England, applies for relief in a parish other than that of his settlement. The ward in the work-house to which they are admitted is called […]

In English law . Those who are not settled in a parish. Such poor persons as are suddenly taken sick, or meet with some accident, when away from home, and […]

In Scotch law. Payments from an inferior to a superior, that is, from a tenant to his lord, which arise upon uncertain events, as opposed to the payment of rent […]

In Scotch law. The mails and duties due to the superior in ward- holdings. CASUS. Lat. Chance; accident; an event; a case; a case contemplated.

Inevitable accident ; an event not to lie foreseen or guarded against. A loss from such an event or cause; as by fire, shipwreck, lightning, etc. Story, Bailm.

Insurance covering losses designated by legal process, due to damage or injury to a person or property.

An occurrence giving rise to or justifying war.

In international law . The case of the treaty. The particular event or situation contemplated by the treaty, or stipulated for, or which comes within its terms. In commercial law […]

In the civil law . A casualty ; an extraordinary casualty, as fire, ship CASUS 176 CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT wreck, etc. Dig. 44, 7, 1, 4.

An instrument with which criminals are flogged. It consists of nine lashes of whip-cord, tied on to a wooden handle

In old English Law . Chattels. The word among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry, or, as they are still called, “cattle,” but, in a secondary sense, the […]

Dead goods or chattels, as distinguished from animals. Idle cattle, that is, such as were not used for working, as distinguished from beasts of the plow ; called also animalia […]

An obsolete writ that lay where a house was within a borough, for rent issuing out of the same, and which warranted the taking of doors, windows, etc., by way […]

For the return of the chattels; an obsolete writ that lay where goods delivered to a man to keep till a certain day were not upon demand redelivered at the […]

A chattel. Most frequently used in the plural form, catalla, (q. v.)

Description and prices of available goods or services for sale published electronically or printed as a list. Distribution can be any current media.

A company in Internet commerce that aggregates, collects, data on products from various sources to allow easy consumer comparison, source, and ordering of items exhibiting stable pricing and specification .

Mail or email presentation of goods and services directly to perspective buyers. Source of items may from several different vendors or one vendor.

Price of an item in a catalog where the purchase price has volume or other discounts deducted and charges such as handling, shipping, or taxes, are added.

Agreed to process of advanced notice by US publishers is given to the US Library of Congress. This notice is for new titles to be assigned a classification code or […]

Goods and chattels . See CATALLA