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Definition of Clerk Of The Peace Anciently, an officer appointed by the Gustos Rotxilorum (q.v.), to keep the county records and to assist the justices of the peace in quarter sessions not only in drawing indictments entering judgments, issuing process, etc., but also in administrative […]

Definition of Clerk Of The Petty Bag An officer of the Court of Chancery whose duty it used to be to record the return of all inquisitions out of every shire ; to make out patents, summonses to Parliament, etc Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Clerk […]

Definition of Clerks Of Records And Writs Officers formerly attached to the Court of Chancery, whose duties consisted principally in sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution, filing affidavits, keeping a record of suits, and certifying office copies of pleadings and affidavits. By the […]

Definition of Clog On Equity Of Redemption The doctrine of equity that no mortgage deed may contain any stipulation or provision fettering or imped-‘ ing the mortgagor’s right to redeem, e.g., which unduly delays the time for redemption, or which is unfair or unconscionable or which is […]

Definition of Close A piece of land. A trespass on a man’s land was formerly described as a breach of his close, or trespass quare, clausum fregit Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Close in the Dictionaries, Close in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

Definition of Clayton’s Case ((1816), 1 Mer. 572). In regard to a banking account, the suras first paid in are assumed to be exhausted by the sums first paid outClayton had a banking account with a partnership firm and had a balance at the death of a partner. Later the firm failed. Clayton […]

Definition of Close Rolls And Close Writs Certain letters of the King sealed with his Great Seal and directed to particular persons, and not being proper for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside. They are thence called writs close, and are recorded in the close rolls. […]

Definition of Clear Days Complete days ; exclusive of named first or last days Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Clear Days in the Dictionaries, Clear Days in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]

Definition of Clearance A certificate issued by the Customs to the effect that a ship has complied with the Customs requirements and is at bberty to put to sea Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Clearance in the Dictionaries, Clearance in our legal […]

Definition of Clements V. London & North Western Ry. Co. ([1894] 2 Q. B. 490). Contracts with infants not falling within the provisions of the Infants Relief Act, 1874, are binding on the infant if they are for his benefit. An infant railway servant, as a condition of his employment, joined an […]