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TO COMMIT. To send a person to prison by virtue of a warrant or other lawful writ, for the commission of a crime, offence or misdemeanor, or for a con...

COMMISSION OF REB ELLION, chan. prac. The name of a writ issuing out of chancery, generally directed to four special commissioners, named by the plain...

COMMISSARIATE. The whole body of officers who act in the department of the commissary, are called the, commissariate.COMMISSARY. An officer whose prin...

COMMAND. This word has several meanings. 1. It signifies an order; an apprentice is bound to obey the lawful command of his master; a constable may co...

COLOR OR OFFICE, criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office; in some cases the act amounts to a misdeme...

COLONEL. An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.COLONY. A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country ...

COLLEGE. A civil corporation, society or company, authorized by law, having in general a literary object. In some countries by college is understood t...

COLLATIO BONORUM, descent, distribution. Where a portion or money advanced to a son or daughter, is brought into botchpot, in order to have an equal d...

CO-HEIR. One of several men among whom an inheritance is to be divided.CO-HEIRESS. A woman who inherits an estate in common with other women. A joint ...

COGNISANCE, pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin (not being entitled to the distress or goods which are the subject of the replevin)...