法律英语大全

  • 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...

  • CITIZEN, persons. One who, under the constitution and laws of the United States, has a right to vote for representatives in congress, and other public...

  • CIRCUMSTANDIBUS, persons, practice. Bystanders from whom jurors are to be selected when the panel has been exhausted. Vide Tales de circumstandibus.CI...

  • CIRCUIT COURT. The name of a court of the United States, which has both civil and criminal jurisdiction. In several of the states there are courts whi...

  • CHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ.2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common law of Pennsylvania; 11...

  • CHILDISHNESS. Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.2. When the childishness is so great that a man has lost his memory, or is incapable to p...

  • CHECK BOOK, commerce. One kept by persons who have accounts in bank, in which are printed blank forms of cheeks, or orders upon the bank to pay money....

  • CHASE, property. The act of acquiring possession of animals ferae naturae by force, cunning or address. The hunter acquires a right to such animals by...

  • CHARTER, mar. contr. An agreement by which a vessel is hired by the owner to another; as A B chartered the ship Benjamin Franklin to C D.CHARTER-LAND,...

  • CHARITY. In its widest sense it denotes all the good affections which men ought to bear towards each other; 1 Epistle to Cor. c. xiii.; in its most re...