Category: C

A parcel of arable land. Blount.

In old English law. A base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant’s estate. Blount; Du Cange.

The chiefest part of everything is the beginning. Dig. 1, 2, 1; 10 Coke, 49a.

When an action is merely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning either criminally or civilly. Bract. 102.

(Fr. the bottom of a sack.) A blind alley; a street which is open at one end only. Bartlett v. Bangor, 07 Me. 407; Perrin v. Railroad Co., 40 Barb. (Ji. Y.) 05; Talbott v. Railroad Co., 31 Grat (Va.) 091; Ilickok v. Plattsburg, 41 Barb. (N. Y.) 135.

When the proofs of facts are present, what need is there of words? 2 Bulst 53.

In old records. The laying up a ship in a dock, in order to be repaired. Cowell; Blount

When any partner re- BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

Lat A term of the civil law, meaning fault, neglect, or negligence. There are three degrees of culpa,

4 Inst. 06. One confessing willingly should be dealt with more leniently.