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(otherwise spelled “Uoustumicr” or “Coutumier.”) In old French law. A collection of customs, un-written laws, and forms of procedure. Two such volumes […]

Custom; duty; toll; tribute. 1 Bl. Comm. 314 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Cosinage Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Klndred in the fourth degree, being the issue (.male or female) of the broth-er or sister of one’s father or mother Source: […]

See Cuktest Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The rolls of a manor, containing all acts relatlng thereto, whlle belongiug to the lord of the manor, they are not in […]

The superior courts, both of law and equity, were for centuries fixed at Westmiuster, an ancient palace of the monarchs of England. […]

A court of record, established in England iu the reign of Henry VIII. For the sur-vey and management of the valuable fruits […]

In old Eng-lish law. One of the forest courts, having a somewhat similar jurisdiction to that of the court of attachments, (q. […]

A court for the hearing of appeals by owners or masters of ships, from orders for the detention of un-safe ships, made […]

A high court, formerly held in England by the steward and marshal of the king’s household, haviug jurisdiction of all actions against […]

This was an English court of very ancient origin, but new-modeled by St. 3 Hen. VII. c. 1, aud 21 Hen. VIII. […]

Courts ofcrlm-lnal Jurisdiction existing in California. New York, and one or two other of the United States Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The name of the highest court of civil jurisdiction lu Scot-land. It was composed of fifteen judges, now of thirteen. It sits […]

Inferior courts, in England, having local jurisdic-tion in claims for small debts, established in various parts of the kingdom by special acts […]

See Court, supra Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. The name of a court established in 1857, under the probate act of that year, (20 A 21 VicL […]

A federal court created by act of Congress in 1891 (26 Stat 854 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 765]), to hear […]

A species of private courts of a limited though extensive Jurisdiction, which Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A court established hy statute 43 Eliz. c. 12, to determine in a summary way all causes between merchants, concerning policies of […]

A court of the county palatine of Durham, having a local common-law jurisdictlon. It was abolished by the judicature act, which transferred […]

The low-est (and most expeditious) of the courts of justice known to the older law of England. It is supposed to have […]

A spiritual court in England, belng a branch of, and annexed to, the Court of Arches. It has a jurisdiction over all […]

An Inferior court, possessing a very ancient Jurisdiction over causes of action arising within the bor-ough of Liverpool. It appears to have […]