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Capture
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CaptureA taking, seizure.Technically, a taking by military power; a seizure, a taking by civil authority.
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Taking
1) English law. The union of securities given at different times, so as to prevent any intermediate purchasers claiming title to redeem, or otherwise discharge one lien, which is prior, without redeeming or discharging other liens also, which are subsequent to his own title. 2) Crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carrying away, to constitute the crime of larceny.
Military
That which belongs or relates to the army.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
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.
Caption
Practice. That part of a legal instrument which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
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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.
Caption
Practice. That part of a legal instrument which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
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.
Carcan
French law. A French word, which is applied to an instrument of punishment somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself.
Cardinal
Ecclesiastical law. The title given to one of tho highest dignitaries of the court of Rome. Cardinals are next to the pope in dignity; he is elected by them and out of their body.
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Taking
1) English law. The union of securities given at different times, so as to prevent any intermediate purchasers claiming title to redeem, or otherwise discharge one lien, which is prior, without redeeming or discharging other liens also, which are subsequent to his own title. 2) Crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carrying away, to constitute the crime of larceny.
Military
That which belongs or relates to the army.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Seizure
Practice. The act of taking possession of the property of a person condemned by the judgment of a competent tribunal, to pay a certain sum of money, by a sheriff, constable, or other officer, lawfully authorized thereto, by virtue of an execution, for the purpose of having such property sold according to law to satisfy the judgment. By seizure is also meant the taking possession of goods for a violation of a public law; as the taking possession of a ship for attempting an illicit trade.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
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.
Caption
Practice. That part of a legal instrument which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
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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.
Caption
Practice. That part of a legal instrument which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed.
Captor
War. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy.
Capture
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.
Carcan
French law. A French word, which is applied to an instrument of punishment somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself.
Cardinal
Ecclesiastical law. The title given to one of tho highest dignitaries of the court of Rome. Cardinals are next to the pope in dignity; he is elected by them and out of their body.
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