Category: C

The crosicr, or pastoral staff.

A cross-bearer, who went before the prelate. Wharton

A foreign coin of base metal, prohibited by statute 27 Edw. I. St. 3, from being brought into the realm. 4 Bl. Comm. 98; Crabb, Eng. Law, 176.

A little close adjoining a dwelling-house, and inclosed for pasture and tillage or any particular use. Jacob. A small place fenced off in which to keep farm-cattle. Spelman. The word Is now entirely obsolete.

This act was passed in 1871. (34 & 35 Vict. c. 32.) to prevent and punish any violence, threats, or molestation, on the part either of master or workmen, in the various relations arising between them. 4 Steph. Comm. 241.

The statutes 24 & 25 Viet. cc. 94-160. passed in 1861. for the consolidation of the criminal law of England and Ireland. 4 Steph. Comm. 297. These important statutes amount to a codification of the modern criminal law of England.

In Scotch law. A process used as the commencement of a criminal proceeding, in the nature of a summons issued by the lord advocate or his deputy. It resembles a criminal information at common law.

the name of the unauthorised interfering with a law suit by helping one of the parties in the effort to obstruct justice.

a case of neglect or negligence of such nature that it will be punishable as a crime.

This is the offense that will be tried in a criminal court and not a civil court.