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Colony
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ColonyA union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country.
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Union
By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
People
A state.
Subject
1) Contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland. 2) Persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistiction to citizen, which is applied to the same individual when considering his political rights.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
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Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
Color or office
Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office.
Colorable
Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v.
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Collocation
French law. The act by which the creditors of an estate are arranged in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. The order in which the creditors-are placed, is also called collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
Collusion
Fraud. An agreement between two or more persons, to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Colony
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
Color or office
Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office.
Colorable
Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v.
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Union
By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union.
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
People
A state.
Subject
1) Contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland. 2) Persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistiction to citizen, which is applied to the same individual when considering his political rights.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
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Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
Color or office
Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office.
Colorable
Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v.
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Collocation
French law. The act by which the creditors of an estate are arranged in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. The order in which the creditors-are placed, is also called collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
Collusion
Fraud. An agreement between two or more persons, to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Colony
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
Color or office
Criminal law. A wrong committed by an officer under the pretended authority of his office.
Colorable
Existing in aspect merely; not real; as, a colorable abridgment or alteration of a copyrighted production, imitation of a trademark, assignment, claim or defense, change of possession, title, qq. v.
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