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英文法律词典 C-37
2023-12-07CIVIL 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...
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英文法律词典 C-36
2023-12-07CITIZEN, persons. One who, under the constitution and laws of the United States, has a right to vote for representatives in congress, and other public...
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英文法律词典 C-35
2023-12-07CIRCUMSTANDIBUS, persons, practice. Bystanders from whom jurors are to be selected when the panel has been exhausted. Vide Tales de circumstandibus.CI...
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英文法律词典 C-34
2023-12-07CIRCUIT 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...
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英文法律词典 C-33
2023-12-07CHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ.2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common law of Pennsylvania; 11...
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英文法律词典 C-32
2023-12-07CHILDISHNESS. 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...
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英文法律词典 C-31
2023-12-07CHECK 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....
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英文法律词典 C-30
2023-12-07CHASE, property. The act of acquiring possession of animals ferae naturae by force, cunning or address. The hunter acquires a right to such animals by...
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英文法律词典 C-29
2023-12-07CHARTER, 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,...
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英文法律词典 C-28
2023-12-07CHARITY. 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...