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Caput mortuum






Caput mortuum

A dead head: a matter of no legal validity; a thing void as to all persons and for all purposes.

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Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.

Matter
Some substantial or essential thing, opposed to form; facts.

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.

Void
Invalid; a void agreement is one for which there is no remedy.



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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.



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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.

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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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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.

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Weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and one-sixth grains, in diamonds, and the like.

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French law. A French word, which is applied to an instrument of punishment somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself.

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