CAPITATION. A poll tax; an imposition which is yearly laid on each person according to his estate and ability.2. The Constitution of the United States...
CAPITAL, political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available eithe...
CAPIAS PRO FINE, practice, crim. law. The name of a writ which issues against a defendant who has been fined, and who does not discharge it according ...
CAPIAS AD COMPUTANDUM, practice. A writ issued in the action of account render, upon the judgment quod computet, when the defendant refuses to appear,...
CANONIST. One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law.CANNON SHOT, war. The distance which a cannon will throw a ball. 2. The whole space of the se...
CALLING THE PLAINTIFF, practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he ...
CABALLERIA, Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those parts of the United ...
BY ESTIMATION, contracts. In sales of land it not unfrequently occurs that the property is said to contain a certain number of acres, by estimation, o...
BURGOMASTER. In Germany this is, the title by which an officer who performs the duties of a mayor is, called.BURIAL. The act of interring the dead.2. ...
BUOY. A piece of wood, or an empty barrel, floating on the water, to show the place where it is shallow, to indicate the danger there is to navigation...