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CAUTIONER, Scotch law, contracts. One who becomes bound as caution or surety for another, for the performance of any obligation or contract contained ...

CAUSE, pleading.The reason; the motive.2. In a replication de injuria, for example, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant of his own wrong, and wit...

CATCHPOLE, officer. A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a ...

CASUPROVISO, practice. A writ of entry given by the statute of Gloucester, c. 7, when a tenant in dower aliens in fee or for life. It might have been ...

To CASHIER, punishment. To break; to deprive a military man of his office. Example: every officer who shall be convicted, before a general court marti...

CASE, STATED, practice. An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon an...

CART BOTE. An allowance to the tenant of wood, sufficient for carts and other instruments of husbandry.CARTE BLANCHE. The signature of an individual o...

CARGO, mar. law. The entire load of a ship or other vessel. Abb. on Sh. Index, h. t.; 1 Dall. 197; Merl. Rep. h. t.; 2 Gill & John. 136. This term...

CAPTURE, war. The taking of property by one belligerent from another.2. To make a good capture of a ship, it must be subdued and taken by an enemy in ...

CAPTATION, French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad se...