In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4.
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CLERK
In ecclesiastical law . A person in holy orders ; a clergyman; an individual attached to the ecclesiastical state, and who has the clerical tousure. See 4 Bl. Comm. 366, […]
CLERK OF ARRAIGNS
In English law . An assistant to the clerk of assise . His duties are in the crown court on circuit
CLERK OF ASSISE
In English law . Officers who officiate as associates on the circuits. They record all judicial proceedings done by the judges on the circuit.
CLERK OF COURT
An officer of a court of justice who has charge of the clerical part of its business, who keeps its records and seal, issues process, enters judgments and orders, gives […]
CLERK OF ENROLLMENTS
In English law . The former chief officer of the English enrollment office, (q. v.) He now forms part of the staff of the central office .
CLERK OF THE COURT
the official who records all of the proceedings of the court during a trial and then holds these records.
CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY
See CROWN OFFICE IN CHANCERY
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
An important officer of the English house of commons. He is appointed by the crown as under-clerk of the parliaments to attend upon the commons. lie makes a declaration , […]
CLERK OF THE MARKET
The overseer or superintendent of a public market. In old English law . he was a quasi judicial officer , having power to settle controversies arising in th
CLERK OF THE PEACE
In English law . An officer whose duties are to officiate at sessions of the peace, to prepare indictments, and to record the proceedings of the justices, and to perform […]
CLERK OF THE PETTY BAG
See PETTY BAG
CLERK OF THE PRIVY SEAL
There are four of these officers, who attend the ford privy seal, or. in the absence of the lord privy seal, the principal secretary of state . Their duty is […]
CLERK OF THE SIGNET
An officer, in England, whose duty it is to attend on the king’s principal secretary, who always has the custody of the privy signet, as well for the purpose of […]
CLERKS OF INDICTMENTS
Officers attached to the central criminal court in England, and to each circuit. They prepare and settle indictments against offenders, and assist the clerk of arraigns
CLERKS OF RECORDS AND WRITS
Officers formerly attached to the English court of chancery , whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, keeping a record of suits, […]
CLERKS OF SEATS
in the principal registry of the probate division of the English high court, discharge the duty of preparing and passing the grants of probate and letters of administration , under […]
CLERKSHIP
The period which must be spent by a law-student In the office of a practising attorney before admission to the bar . 1 Tidd. Pr. 61, et seq. In re […]
CLICK THROUGH RATE (CTR)
Website’s users (or visitors) percentage that get to the advertiser’s website by clicking on an advertisement residing on another site. Advertisers use CTR to rate a website. The rate typically […]
CLICK-WRAP AGREEMENT
The shrink-wrap licensing agreement for web software. It is enforceable with the purchase or download a program once an online buyer or user clicks on the ‘I Agree’ button on […]
CLICKABLE
Active-available state of a hyperlinked icon, image or text area in an electronic document or on a webpage. A user can reach other areas of the same document or the […]
CLICKSTREAM
Mouse clicks or keystrokes a user makes in sequence or as a ‘flow’ while navigating through webpages or websites. Web advertisers custom-tailor their advertisements to this specific customer, by determining […]
CLIENS LAT
In the Roman law. A client or dependent. One who depended upon another as his patron or protector, adviser BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
CLIENT
A person who employs or retains an attorney, or counsellor, to appear for him in courts, advise, assist, and defend him in legal proceedings , and to act for him […]
CLIENT PUBLICS
Customers who ‘consume’ the goods or services of a non-business organization . For example, students and the learning community are the client publics of a university.