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CONTRABAND, mar. law. Its most extensive sense, means all commerce which is carried on contrary to the laws of the state. This term is also used to de...

CONTRA FORMAM STATUTI. Contrary to the form of the statute.2.- 1. When one statute prohibits a thing and another gives the penalty, i n an action for ...

CONTINUANDO, plead. The Dame of an averment sometimes contained in a declaration in trespass, that the injury or trespass has been continued. For exam...

CONTENTIOUS JURISDICTION, eccl. law. In those cases where there is an action or judicial process, and it consists in hearing and determining the matte...

CONSUMMATION OF MARRIAGE. The first time that the husband and wife cobabit together, after the ceremony of marriage has been performed, is thus called...

CONSULTATION, practice. A conference between the counsel or attorneys engaged on the same side of a cause, for the purpose of examining their case, ar...

CONSUETUDINES FEUDORUM. The name of an institute of the feudal system and usages, compiled about the year 1170, by authority of the emperor Frederic, ...

CONSTRUCTIVE. That which is interpreted.2. Constructive presence. The commission of crimes, is, when a party is not actually present, an eye-witness t...

16. The following words and phrases have received judicial construction in the cases referred to. The references may be useful to the student and conv...

CONSTITUTIONAL. That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion.2. When laws are made in violation of the constitution, they are null a...