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COERCION, criminal law, contracts. Constraint; compulsion; force.2. It is positive or presumed. 1. Positive or direct coercion takes place when a man ...

CODE PAPIRIAN. The name of a collection of the Roman laws, promulgated by Romulus, Numa, and other kings who governed. Rome till the time of Tarquin, ...

CODE HENRI. A digest of the laws of Hayti, enacted by Henri, king of Hayti. It is based upon the Code Napoleon, but not servilely copied. It is said t...

CO-ADMINISTRATOR. One of several administrators. In general, they have, like executors, the power to act singly to the personal estate of the intestat...

CLOSE. Signifies the interest in the soil, and not merely a close or enclosure in the common acceptation of the term. Doct. & Stud. 307 East, 207 ...

CLEMENCY. The disposition to treat with leniency. See Mercy; Pardon.CLEMENTINES, eccl. law. The name usually given to the collection of decretals or c...

CLEARANCE, com. law. The name of a certificate given by the collector of a port, in which is stated the master or commander (naming him) of a ship or ...

CLANDESTINE. That which is done in secret and contrary to law.2.Generally a clandestine act in case of the limitation of actions will prevent the act ...

CIVIL REMEDY, practice. This term is used in opposition to the remedy given by indictment in a criminal case, and signifies the remedy which the law g...

CIVIL ACTION. In New York, actions are divided only into two kinds, namely, criminal and civil. A criminal action is prosecuted by the state, as a par...