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Chivalry
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ChivalryAncient English law. This word is derived from the French chevelier, a horseman. It is. the name of a tenure of land by knight's service.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Tenure
Estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden. 2. According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
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Chiva
In the US penitentiary slang, heroin.
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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.
Chinese interest
Interest for money charged in China.
Chirographer
A word derived from the Greek, which signifies "a writing with a man's hand."
Chirographic creditor
An unsecured creditor.
Chivalry
Choice
Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election.
Choice of jurisdiction
In the conflict of laws, the principles and rules applied by courts in order to determine the proper jurisdiction for instituting legal proceedings.
Choice of law
In the conflict of laws, the principles and rules applied by courts in order to determine the law applicable to one or more of the legal issues to be decided.
Chose in action
A right of property in intangible things or which are not in one's possession, enforceable through legal or court action . Examples may include salaries, debts, insurance claims, shares in companies and pensions.
Christian
One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, does not profess any other religion, or does not belong to any one of the other religious divisions of man. Hale v. Everett, 53 N.H. 50 (1868). See Name, 1.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Tenure
Estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden. 2. According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Chiva
In the US penitentiary slang, heroin.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Chinese interest
Interest for money charged in China.
Chirographer
A word derived from the Greek, which signifies "a writing with a man's hand."
Chirographic creditor
An unsecured creditor.
Chivalry
Choice
Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election.
Choice of jurisdiction
In the conflict of laws, the principles and rules applied by courts in order to determine the proper jurisdiction for instituting legal proceedings.
Choice of law
In the conflict of laws, the principles and rules applied by courts in order to determine the law applicable to one or more of the legal issues to be decided.
Chose in action
A right of property in intangible things or which are not in one's possession, enforceable through legal or court action . Examples may include salaries, debts, insurance claims, shares in companies and pensions.
Christian
One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, does not profess any other religion, or does not belong to any one of the other religious divisions of man. Hale v. Everett, 53 N.H. 50 (1868). See Name, 1.
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