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Definition of Contentious Proceedings instituted for the trial of a claim or establishment of a right, as opposed to friendly litigation Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Contentious in the Dictionaries, Contentious in our legal dictionaries, […]

Definition of Consolidation Of Actions If several actions are pending in the same Division with reference to the same subject-matter, the Court may order them to be tried together. See Order XLIX, r. 8 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Consolidation […]

Definition of Consolidation Of Mortgages The equitable doctrine that a mortgagee who held several mortgages by the same mortgagor could insist on the redemption of all, if the mortgagee sought to redeem any of them. The doctrine is now excluded by section 93, ‘Law of Property Act, 1925, unless […]

Definition of Constables Inferior officers of the peace. High constables were appointed at the Courts leet of the franchise or hundred over which they presided. Their duty seems to have been to keep the peace within the hundred. Petty or parish constables were appointed by the justices in […]

Definition of Constituent A person who appoints another to do some act for him by power of attorney or by parliamentary election Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Constituent in the Dictionaries, Constituent in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

Definition of Connivance Where a person knows that a wrongful act is being done, and either assists or, being under a duty to interfere, does not interfere to prevent it. It may take the form of fraud or conspiracy Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

Definition of Connubium The legal power of contracting marriage.Conditions : The parties must (1) have citizenship ; (2) not be within the prohibited degrees of relationship ; (3) have the consent of their paterfamilias. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Consanguinity Relationship by descent, either lineally, as in the case of father and son, or collaterally, by descent from a common ancestor : thus, cousins are related by collateral consanguinity, being descended from a common grandparent Browse You might be interested in these […]

Definition of Consensus Ad Idem Agreement as to the same; the common consent necessary for a binding contract Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Consensus Ad Idem in the Dictionaries, Consensus Ad Idem in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

Definition of Conservators Of The Peace Officers appointed to maintain the public peace, e.g., the Judges and sheriffs ; justices of the peace (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Conservators Of The Peace in the Dictionaries, Conservators Of […]