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(Fr. eour de cassation.) The highest court in France; so termed from possessing the power to quash (casser) the decrees of inferior […]

(Lat That the bill be quashed.) In practlce. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement, where […]

To quash; to render vold; to break Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French law. Annul-ling; reversal; breaking the force nnd va-lldlty of a judgment. A decision emanating Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Ready money; whatever can be used as money without heing converted into another form; that which circulates as money, including bank-bills. Hooper […]

An amercement or fine; a mulct Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

1. A general term for an action, danse, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; a question contested before a court […]

A professional name for the aggregate of reported cases as forming a body of jurisprudence; or for the law of a particular […]

In old English law. A house with land sufficient for the support of one family, otherwise called “bide,” a hide of land, […]

A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a cosata; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own Source: Black's Law […]

In old English law. A caru-cate or plow-land Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fr. In the law of ln-surance. A fortuitous event; an Inevitable accident Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A carve of land; plow-land. Britt, c. 84 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The name as caracage, (q. ©.) Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A certain quantity of land used as the basis for taxation. As much land as may be tilled by a single plow […]

one who held lands in cartage, or plow-tenure. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A, or CARUA. A plow Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A kind of tax or tribute anciently lmposed upon every plow, (carve or plow-land,) for the public service. […]

Carriers who transport goods aud merchandise in carts, usually for short distances, for hire Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A place where papers or records are kept Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A white sheet of paper; an Instrument signed, but otherwise left blank. A sheet given to an agent, with the principal’s signature […]

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. The charter of the forest More coiu-monly called “Charta de Forcsta," (q. v Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In French marine law. A chart Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to tuke from an es-tate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (including […]