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Casus fortuitus






Casus fortuitus

A fortuitous case; an uncontrollable accident an act of God.

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Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned

God
"From the Saxon god, good. The source of all good; the supreme being. Every man is presumed to believe in God, and he who opposes a witness on the ground of his unbelief is bound to prove it. By article 1, of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that ""Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."" In the United States, therefore, every one is allowed to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.



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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 belli
Casus belli is a Latin expression from the international law theory of Jus Ad Bellum. Formally, the expression (which can be translated as "risk of war" or "occasion for war") is the grievances section of a formal public declaration of war by a state.

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.

Casus omissus
An omitted case.



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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.

Casus fortuitus

Casus omissus
An omitted case.

Catchpole
Officer. A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons.

Causa
Latin. That which operates to produce an effect; that on account of which a thing is done; that which supplies a motice, or constitutes a reason.

Causa matrimonii praelocuti
English law. An obsolete writ, which lies when a woman gives land to a man in fee simple, or for a less estate, to the intent that he should marry her and he refuses upon request.

Causa sine qua non
A cause without which a thing cannot be or exist: as, a cause without which an injury could not have occurred.

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