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Colt






Colt

An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old.

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Horse
Until a horse has attained the age of four years, he is called a colt. This word is sometimes used as a generic name for all animals of the horse kind

Male
Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; the sex opposed to the female.

Female
This term denotes the sex which bears young.

Years
Estate for years.



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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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Combat
English law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel.

Combination
1) A union of different things. A patent may be taken out for a new combination of existing machinery, or machines. 2) By combination is understood, in a bad sense, a union of men for the purpose of violating the law.

Combustio domorum
Burning of houses; arson.

Comes
1) Offices. A Count. An officer during the middle ages, who possessed civil and military authority. 2) Pleading. The word comes, venit, expresses the appearance of the defendant , in court.

Comitatus
A county. Most of the states are divided into counties.

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