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Lat Care: charge; oversight: guardianship Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

one who takes care of a thing Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A coiner. Du Cange. Cu-ncare, to coiu. Cuneus, the die with which to coin. Cuneata, coined. Du Cange; Spel Source: Black's Law […]

In old English law. A kind of trial, as appears from Bract, lib Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Additional; heaping up; Increasing; forming an aggregate. The word signifies that two things are to be added together, instead of oue being […]

with the ap-purtenances. Bract fol. 73b Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The expression of the monopoly of oxford, Cambridge, and the royal printers to publish the Bible Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

with the burden; subject to an incumbrance or charge, wbat is taken cum onere is taken subject to au existing burden or […]

with satchel and purse. A phrase in old Scotch law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat with copulation, i. e., sexual intercourse. Used in speaking of the validity of a marriage contracted “per verba de futuro cum […]

(with a grain of salt.) with allowance for exriggeration Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A field on which a crop of wheat is growing is a cultivated field, al-though not a stroke of labor may have […]

In old English law. A base kind of shivery. The confiscation or for-feiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant’s […]

A person who is indicted for a criminal offense, but not yet convicted. It is not, however, a technical term of the […]

In old Scotch law. A species of pledge or cautioner, (Scottice, back borgh,) used in cases of tbe replevin of per-sons from […]

Blnmable; censurable; In-volving tiie breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. The term is not nec-.essarily equivalent to […]

AR. QELICTUM Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. A term of the civil law, meaning fault, neglect, or negligence. There are three degrees of culpa,-‘-lata culpa, gross fault or […]

Lat. In old English law. Guilty. Culpabilis dc intrusione,—guilty of intrusion. Fleta, Jib. 4, c. 30, 8 11. Non ciilpabllis, (abbreviated to […]

(Fr. the bottom of a sack.) A blind aliey; a street which is open at one end only. Bartlett v. Bangor, 67 […]

In old records. The lay-ing up a ship in a dock, in order to be re-paired. Cowell; Blount Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

For whose good; for whose use or benefit. “Cui bono is ever of great welght in all agreements.” Parker, C. J., • […]

(To whom in llfe.) A writ of entry for a widow against him to whom her husband aliened her lauds or tenements […]

A term of French mari-time law. See A Cueillettk Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)