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CaptionPractice. That part of a legal instrument which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Instrument
Contracts. The writing which contains some agreement, and is so called because it has been prepared as a memorial of what has taken place or been agreed upon.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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Captation
French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it.
Captator
French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to. give legacies or devices, or to make him some other gift.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
A taking, seizure.Technically, a taking by military power; a seizure, a taking by civil authority.
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Capite
Descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said to take place when every one of the kindred in equal degree, and not jure representationis, receive an equal part of an estate.
Capitularies
The Capitularia or Capitularies, was a code of laws promulgated by Childebert, Clotaire, Carloman, Pepin, Charlemague, and other kings. It was so called from the small chapters or heads into which they were divided.
Capitulation
1) War. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. 2) Civ.law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of. the people, regulate the manner in which the government is to be administered.
Captation
French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it.
Captator
French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to. give legacies or devices, or to make him some other gift.
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Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
A taking, seizure.Technically, a taking by military power; a seizure, a taking by civil authority.
Caput lupinum
English law. Having the head of a wolf. An outlawed felon was said to have the head of a wolf, and might have been killed by any one legally.
Caput mortuum
A dead head: a matter of no legal validity; a thing void as to all persons and for all purposes.
Carat
Weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and one-sixth grains, in diamonds, and the like.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Instrument
Contracts. The writing which contains some agreement, and is so called because it has been prepared as a memorial of what has taken place or been agreed upon.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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Captation
French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it.
Captator
French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to. give legacies or devices, or to make him some other gift.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
A taking, seizure.Technically, a taking by military power; a seizure, a taking by civil authority.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Capite
Descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said to take place when every one of the kindred in equal degree, and not jure representationis, receive an equal part of an estate.
Capitularies
The Capitularia or Capitularies, was a code of laws promulgated by Childebert, Clotaire, Carloman, Pepin, Charlemague, and other kings. It was so called from the small chapters or heads into which they were divided.
Capitulation
1) War. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. 2) Civ.law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of. the people, regulate the manner in which the government is to be administered.
Captation
French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it.
Captator
French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to. give legacies or devices, or to make him some other gift.
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Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
A taking, seizure.Technically, a taking by military power; a seizure, a taking by civil authority.
Caput lupinum
English law. Having the head of a wolf. An outlawed felon was said to have the head of a wolf, and might have been killed by any one legally.
Caput mortuum
A dead head: a matter of no legal validity; a thing void as to all persons and for all purposes.
Carat
Weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and one-sixth grains, in diamonds, and the like.
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