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Chief justiciary
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Chief justiciaryAn officer among the English, established soon after the conquest.
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Conquest
1) Feudal law. This term was used by the feudists to signify purchase. 2) French law. The name given to every acquisition which the husband and wife, jointly or severally, make during the conjugal community.
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Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
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Chevisance
Contracts, torts. This is a French word, which signifies in that language, accord, agreement, compact. In the English statutes it is used to denote a bargain or contract in general.
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
Chief justiciary
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
Chimin
This is a corruption of the French word chemin, a highway. It is used by old writers.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Conquest
1) Feudal law. This term was used by the feudists to signify purchase. 2) French law. The name given to every acquisition which the husband and wife, jointly or severally, make during the conjugal community.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Chevisance
Contracts, torts. This is a French word, which signifies in that language, accord, agreement, compact. In the English statutes it is used to denote a bargain or contract in general.
Chief
Principal. One who is put above the rest.
Chief clerk of the department of state
This officer is appointed by the secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice under the superintendence of the secretary.
Chief judge
Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
Chief justice
Officer. The president of a supreme court.
Chief justiciary
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Child support guidelines
A series of mathematical formulas that help derive the proper amount of child support that should be awarded.
Child support worksheet
A court form devised to calculate the child support guidelines.
Childishness
Weakness of intellect, such as that of a child.
Chimin
This is a corruption of the French word chemin, a highway. It is used by old writers.
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