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Castigatory
CastigatoryPunishments. An engine used to punishwomen who have been convicted of being common scolds it is sometimes called the trebucket, tumbrel, ducking stool, or cucking stool. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Common marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists. Trebucket The name of an engine of punishment, said to be synonymous with tumbrel. Tumbrel punishment. A species of cart; according to Lord Coke, a dung-cart. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Casting vote Legislation. The vote given by the president or speaker of a deliberate assembly; when the votes of the other members are equal on both sides, the casting vote then decides the question. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Cases General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice. Cash Commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person has to do business with. Cash-book Commerce, accounts. One in which a merchant or trader enters an account of all the money, or paper moneys he receives or pays. An entry of the same thing ought to be made under the proper dates, in the journal. The object of the cash-book is to afford a constant facility to ascertain the true state of a man's cash. Cassation French law. A decision which emanates from the sovereign authority, and by which a sentence or judgment in the last resort is annulled. Cassetur breve Practice. That the writ be quashed. This is the name of a judgment sometime sentered against a plaintiff when he cannot prosecute his writ with effect, in consequence of some allegation on the defendant's part. Castigatory Casting vote Legislation. The vote given by the president or speaker of a deliberate assembly; when the votes of the other members are equal on both sides, the casting vote then decides the question. Casual What happens fortuitously what is accidental as, the casual revenue's of the government, are those which are contingeut or uncertain. Casual ejector Pratice, ejectment. A person, supposed to come upon-land casually, who turns out the lessee of the person claiming the possession against the actual tenant or occupier of the land. Casuproviso Practice. A writ of entry given by the statute of Gloucester when a tenant in dower aliens in fee or for life. Casus foedoris When two nations have formed a treaty of alliance, in anticipation of a war or other difficulty with another, and it is required to determine the case in which the parties must act in consequence of the alliance, this is called the casus foederis, or case of alliance. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Castigatory. If you have a better definition for Castigatory than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Castigatory may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Castigatory and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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