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...