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CUSTOMS. This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported. Story, Const. 949; Bac. Ab. Sm...

CUSTODY. The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest. Vide 14 Vin. Ab. 359; 3 ...

CURRENCY. The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law.2. By art. 1, s. 8, the Constitution of the Un...

CURATRIX. A woman who has been appointed to the office of curator.CURE. A restoration to health.2. A person who had quitted the habit of drunkenness f...

CUM ONERE. This term is usually employed to show that something is taken, subject to a charge or burden.CUM TESTAMENTO ANNEXO. With the testament or w...

CRY DE PAYS, OR CRI DE PAIS. Literally, cry of the country. In England, when a felony has been committed, hue and cry (q. v.) may be raised by the cou...

CROWN. A covering for the head, commonly used by kings; figuratively, it signifies royal authority. By pleas of the crown, are understood criminal act...

CROPPER, contracts. One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. 2 Rawle, R. 1...

CRIMINATOIN. The act by which a party accused, is proved to be guilty.2. It is a rule, founded in common sense, that no one is bound to criminate hims...

CRIME AGAINST NATURE. Sodomy. It is a crime not fit to be named; peccatum horribile, inter christianos non nominandum. 4 Bl. Com. 214. See Sodomy.CRIM...