Document or Reference book containing a list in the order of recorded occurrence of events and happenings.
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CHUNNEL
The name awarded to the tunnel connecting the UK to France. The Chunnel is 31.4 miles (50.5km) long and courses under the English Channel, It begins at Folkstone, Kent in […]
CHURCH
In Its most general sense, the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ, to receive, preserve, and propagate his doctrines and ordinances. A body or community of Christians, united […]
CHURCH RATE
In English law . A sum assessed for the repair of parochial churches by the representatives of the parishioners in vestry assembled
CHURCH REEVE
A church warden ; an overseer of a church. Now obsolete. Cowell
CHURCH WARDENS
A species of ecclesiastical officers who are intrusted with the care and guardianship of the church building and property. These, with the rector and vestry, represent the parish in its […]
CHURCH-SCOT
In old English law . Customary obligations paid to the parish priest; from which duties the religious sometimes purchased an exemption for themselves and their tenants.
CHURCHYARD SEE CEMETEBY
CHURCHESSET. In old English law . A certain portion or measure of wheat, anciently paid to the church on St. Martin’s day; and which, according to Fleta, was paid as […]
CHURL
In Saxon law. A freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. A tenant at will of free condition, who held land from a thane, […]
CHURN RATE
The Contrast to customer retention rate . The higher a churn rate is, the lower a customer retention rate is, and vice versa.
CHURNING
1. In Banking, it is the (1) leaving the total number of accounts the same and generating banking fees while replacing of old accounts by refinancing them. (2) Without increasing […]
CIBARIA
Lat In the civil law . Food; victuals. Dig. 34, 1.
CICATRIX
In medical jurisprudence . A scar; the mark left in the flesh or skin after the healing of a wound, and having the appearance of a seam or of a […]
CICERO (CC)
Typographic measure equal to 4.51 millimeters divided into 12 Didot. It is used in mainland Europe, but not in UK, US, or elsewhere.
CIIEMIS
In old Scotch law . A chier dwelling or mansion house
CIM
Document used for crossborder transport of cargo by rail. Standardized, per UN recommendations on uniform international rules and European Union (EU) applied. CIM means ‘Convention Internationale concernant le transport des […]
CINQUE PORTS
Five (now seven) ports or havens ou the south-east coast of England, towards France, formerly esteemed the most important in the kingdom. They are Dover, Sandwich, Roiuney, Hastings, and Hythe, […]
CIPPI
An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined.
CIRC AD A
A tribute anciently paid to the bishop or archbishop for visiting churches. Du Fresne.
CIRCA
a Latin term for about or around such as a relic being circa 500BC.
CIRCAR
In Hindu law. Head of affairs; the state or government; a grand division of a province; a headman. A name used by Europeans in Bengal to denote the Hindu writer […]
CIRCLE TRIP
A plane trip that end in the same place as it started but with different stops on the way and back so that it is not a round trip. For […]
CIRCUIT
A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes or for the administration of justice. Bouvier. Circuits, as the term is used […]
CIRCUIT BREAKER
1. In General, this is a point in a circuit that has a device that can interrupt and shut down the circuit under specific conditions, such as too much flow, […]
CIRCUIT COURT
a court where the authority covers several districts or counties where several judges can preside at the same time with each handling a different case.