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Catchpole






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.

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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Constable
A person who is given the legal right to serve process.

Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.



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Catch out
In the US penitentiary slang, to request protective custody.

Catcher
In the US penitentiary slang, sexually passive or submissive, often victimized.



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

Casus omissus
An omitted case.

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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.

Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.

Cause of action
The fact or facts which give a person a right to relief in court.

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