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  • Cundy V. Le Cocq

    Definition of Cundy V. Le Cocq ((1884), L. R. 13 Q. B. D. 207). The Licensing Act, 1872, made it an offence for any licensed person to sell intoxicating liquor to a drunken person. Held, that knowledge of the condition of the person to whom the liquor was sold was not necessary to constitute […]

  • Cundy V. Lindsay

    Definition of Cundy V. Lindsay ((1878), L. R. 3 A. C. 459). II a person intends to contract with one party, and by mistake contracts with another, the contract is void. Blenkarn wrote to Lindsay & Co. and ordered goods of them. They mistook his order for that of Blenkiron, a respectable firm, […]

  • Cura ; Curatio

    Definition of Cura ; Curatio The office or function of the curator. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cura ; Curatio in the Dictionaries, Cura ; Curatio in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Curator

    Definition of Curator A guardian appointed to a person past the age of puberty to manage his affairs, when from any cause he is unfit to manage them himself. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Curator in the Dictionaries, Curator in our […]

  • Cuddee V. Butter

    Definition of Cuddee V. Butter ((1720), 5 Yin. Ab. 530, pi. 21). Held, that a bill in equity will not lie for specific performance of an agreement to transfer a certain sum of South Sea Stock, for there is no difference between that and any other like sum of stock, and no damage occasioned by…

  • Cuenod V. Leslie

    Definition of Cuenod V. Leslie ([1909] 1 K. B. 880). Held, that a husband judicially separated from his wife is not liable for his wife’s torts Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cuenod V. Leslie in the Dictionaries, Cuenod V. Leslie in our legal […]

  • Cui In Vita

    Definition of Cui In Vita An action by which a widow could recover her lands if they had been aliened during the coverture by her husband Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Cui In Vita in the Dictionaries, Cui In Vita in our legal dictionaries, […]

  • Customary International Law

    Customary International Law Customary international law applies in international law in case of absence of a treaty. J. L. Brierly, in The Law of Nations: an Introduction to the International Law of Peace states that in order to determine what international customary law is on a particular […]