A summons to take up the cause. A process, in the civil law , which issued when one of the parties to a suit died before its determination , for […]

In practice . A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction , commanding a person therein named to appear on a day named and do something therein mentioned, […]

Tracing the progress of an idea or research by bibliographic index, which is searching for a particular author or article by means of the published works of articles, books, and […]

The reading of, or reference to, legal authorities and precedents, (such as constitutious, statutes, reported cases, and elementary treatises,) in arguments to courts, or In legal text-books, to establish or […]

To summon; to command the presence of a person; to notify a person of legal proceedings against him and require his appearance thereto. To read or refer to legal authorities […]

City; a city. Cite de Loundr’, city of London.

In general, A member of a free city or jural society, (civitas.) possessing all the rights and privileges which can be enjoyed by any person under its constitution and government, […]

The status of being a citizen, (q. v.)

These are the papers that are given to a person who has been born overseas and is now recognised as a citizen of the country.

An IRS test ensuring that a person listed as a dependent on a tax filer’s return is also a citizen. The person must meet certain criteria including being a natural-born […]

Ill England. An incorporated town or borough which is or has been the see of a bishop. Co. Litt. 10S; 1 Bl. Comm. 114; Cowell. State v. Green, 126 N. […]

Code that identifies cities and their airports. Known as a three-letter IATA code. Examples are NYC for New York, LGA for La Guardia, and JFK for John F. Kennedy.

A court having a local jurisdiction within the city of London. It is to all intents and purposes a county court , having the same jurisdiction and procedure.

Sp. In Spanish law, cities; distinguished from towns (pueblos) and villages (villas.) Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 537.

In its original sense, this word means pertaining or appropriate to a member of a civitas or free political community; natural or proper to a citizen. Also, relating to the […]

In the civil law . A personal action which Is instituted to compel payment, or the doing some other thing which Is purely civil.

The term “civil” is used to designate a conspiracy which will furnish ground for a civil action , as where, in carrying out the design of the conspirators , overt […]

That taken in civil actions.

A tribunal in Ireland with a jurisdiction analogous to that of the county courts in England. The judge of It is also chairman of quarter sessions , (where the jurisdiction […]

Acts passed in many of the United States which provide an action for damages against a vendor of intoxicating liquors, (and, in some cases, against his lessor,) on behalf of […]

Those awarded against a liquor-seller to the relative, guardian, or employer of the person to whom the sales were made, on a showing that the plaintiff has been thereby injured […]

The solar day, measured by the diurnal revolution of the earth, and denoting the interval of time which elapses between the successive transits of the sun over the same hour […]

The term used to describe the refusal to obey a law because it is thought to be unfair or undesirable. It is usually non-violent behaviour.

1. In the modern Western world, it is one of the two major legal systems; the other is common law . Taken from Roman law, it is used in continental […]

Debt or legal obligations from private wrongs (refer to tort) or a non-criminal breach of contract . Liability insurance covers only civil liabilities.