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  • Crimen Laesae Majestatis

    Definition of Crimen Laesae Majestatis The crime of injured majesty. Treason and lesser offences against the Sovereign, e.g., insult Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Crimen Laesae Majestatis in the Dictionaries, Crimen Laesae Majestatis in our […]

  • Criminal Conversation (crim. Con.)

    Definition of Criminal Conversation (crim. Con.) The common law action which lay at the suit of a husband to recover damages against an adulterer. Crosby v. Wadsworth((1805), 6 East, 602). An agreement for the sale of growing grass (fructus naturales) to be cut by the purchaser at a future […]

  • Cross-action

    Definition of Cross-action The bringing by a defendant in an action of another action against the plaintiff in respect of the same subject-matter. See Counterclaim Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cross-action in the Dictionaries, Cross-action in […]

  • Crown

    Definition of Crown See Sovereignty ; Petition of Eight. As to liability of servants of the Crown, see Bainbridge v. Postmaster -General ; Buron v. Dcnman; Lane v. Cotton. As to rights of the Crown see Bate’s Case; Campbell v. Hall Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Crown Office

    Definition of Crown Office The office in which all the ministerial business of the Court of King’s Bench in respect of its prerogative and criminal jurisdiction was transacted. Now part of the Central Office of the Supreme Court Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Crown Side

    Definition of Crown Side The prerogative and criminal jurisdiction of the King’s Bench Division Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Crown Side in the Dictionaries, Crown Side in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Crime

    Definition of Crime Acts or defaults which tend to the prejudice of the community, and forbidden by law on pain of punishment inflicted at the suit of the Crown.Crimes are arbitrarily divided into treasons, felonies and misdemeanours Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]