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To make defense to an ad-verse claim in a court ,of law; to oppose, resist, or dispute the case mnde by a […]

Adjacent; adjoln-ing; having a common boundary; coterminous Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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Contested; adversary; litigated between adverse or contending parties; a judicial proceeding not merely ex parte in its character, hut comprising attack and […]

Lat. Contemptuously Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Contumacy; a willful dis-regard of the authority of a court of’justice or legislative body or disobedience to its law-ful orders Source: Black’s […]

Lat. Contemporaneous exposition, or construc Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of the mind in considering with attention. Continued attention of the mind to a particular sub-ject. Consideration of an act […]

one who has committed contempt of court, wyatt v. People, 17 Colo. 252, 28 Pac. 961 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

L. Fr. A contest, dispute, disturbance, opposition. Britt c. 42; Kelham. Conteckours; brawlers; disturbers of the peace. Britt c. 29 Source: Black’s […]

In English law. Tbe corn-mission received for carrying over or putting off the time of execution of a contract to deliver stocks […]

The completion of a thing; the completion of a marriage between two affianced persons hy cohabitation. Shar-on v. Sharon, 79 Cal. 633, […]

Completed; as distiu-guished from initiate, or that which is mere-ly begun. Tbe husband of a woman seised of an estate of inheritance […]

Lat in the civil law. De-slgnedly; intentionally. Dig. 28, 41 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A writ whereby a cause which has been wrongfully removed by prohibition out of an ecclesiastical conrt to a temporal court is […]

In ecclesiastic-al law. A church full or provlded for. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Courts held by the consuls of one country, within the ter-ritory of another, under authority given by treaty, for the settlement of […]

In Roman law. During the republic, the name “consul” was given to the chief executive magistrate, two of whom were chosen auuually. […]

Lat. A custom; an established usage or practice. Co. Litt. 58. Tolls; duties; taxes. Id. 58b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In old English law. A writ of right close, which lay against a tenant who deforced his? lord of the rent or […]

(Lat. feudal customs.) A compllation of the law of feuds or fiefs in Lombardy, made A. D. 1170 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

In old English law. Customs. Thus, consuetudines et assisa forest#, the customs and assise of the forest Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Customary law. Law derived by oral tradition from a remote antiquity. Bell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In ecclesiastical law. A ritual er book, containing the rites and-forms of divine offices, or the cus-toms of abbeys and monasteries Source: […]

To ravish, debauch, violate, rape. See Harper v. Delp, 3 Ind. 230; Koenig v. Nott, 2 Hilt. (N. Y.) 329 Source: Black’s […]