Tag: CE

  • Cesaavit

    Definition of Cesaavit An action for the recovery of land, where a man who hele land by rent or services, ceased to perform his services for two yearb Abolished by Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cesaavit in the […]

  • Cesser

    Definition of Cesser The cesser of a term, annuity, etc., takes place when it determines or comes to an end. A proviso for cesser was a provision in a settlement creating a long term of years to secure a sum of money, that the term should determine when the objects of the trust were fulfilled;…

  • Cesftio Bonorum

    Definition of Cesftio Bonorum The surrender by a debtor of his property to his creditors in lieu ol execution against his body. It did not release the debtor from his debts if he afterwards acquired property from which he could pay them without leaving himself in want. (Roman law.) Browse You […]

  • Cession

    Definition of Cession A mode of acquisition of territory. The transfer of territory by one State to another, under pressure of war or by arrangement Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cession in the Dictionaries, Cession in our legal dictionaries, […]

  • Cestui Que Trust

    Definition of Cestui Que Trust A person for whom another is trustee : a beneficiary Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cestui Que Trust in the Dictionaries, Cestui Que Trust in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Cestui Que Use

    Definition of Cestui Que Use A person to whose use or benefit lands or other hereditaments were held by another person ; cf. cestui que trust Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cestui Que Use in the Dictionaries, Cestui Que Use in our legal […]

  • Cestui Que Vie

    Definition of Cestui Que Vie Where a person is entitled to an estate or interest in property during the life of another, the latter is called the cestui que vie Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cestui Que Vie in the Dictionaries, Cestui Que Vie in […]

  • Certificate, Trial By

    Definition of Certificate, Trial By A mode of trial which is now practically obsolete, where the fact in issue was a matter of special knowledge, e.g., a custom of the City of London. It is now replaced by reference to arbitration Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Certified Copy

    Definition of Certified Copy A copy of a document, signed and certified as a true copy by the officer to whose custody the original is entrusted, and admissible as evidence when the original would be admissible Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

  • Certiorari

    Definition of Certiorari A writ directed to an inferior Court of record, commanding it to certify to the King in the High Court of Justice some matter of a judicial character. It is used to remove civil causes or indictments from inferior Courts of record into the High Court, that they may be […]