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Croft
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CroftObsolete. A little close adjioning to a dwelling-house, and enclosed for pasture or arable, or any particular use.
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Obsolete
This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed.
Close
Signifies the interest in the soil, and not merely a close or enclosure in the common acceptation of the term.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Criminal insanity
Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Criminal justice system
The network of courts and tribunals which deal with criminal law and its enforcement.
Criminal letters
An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime.
Criminal summons
An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
Crimination
The act by which a party accused, is proved to be guilty.
Croft
Cropper
Contracts. One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor.
Cross
Contracts. A mark made by persons who are unable to write, instead of their names.
Cross action
An action by a defendant in an action, against the plaiutiff in the same action, upon the same contract, or for the same tort.
Cross bills
Practice. When an individual prosecutes a bill of indictment against another, and hte defendant procures another bill to be found against the first prosecutor, the bills so found by the grand jury are called corss bills.
Cross reference case
A separate case involving one parent in common, but in which there are other children from a different mother or father. either parent can have cross reference cases.
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Obsolete
This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed.
Close
Signifies the interest in the soil, and not merely a close or enclosure in the common acceptation of the term.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Criminal insanity
Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Criminal justice system
The network of courts and tribunals which deal with criminal law and its enforcement.
Criminal letters
An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime.
Criminal summons
An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
Crimination
The act by which a party accused, is proved to be guilty.
Croft
Cropper
Contracts. One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor.
Cross
Contracts. A mark made by persons who are unable to write, instead of their names.
Cross action
An action by a defendant in an action, against the plaiutiff in the same action, upon the same contract, or for the same tort.
Cross bills
Practice. When an individual prosecutes a bill of indictment against another, and hte defendant procures another bill to be found against the first prosecutor, the bills so found by the grand jury are called corss bills.
Cross reference case
A separate case involving one parent in common, but in which there are other children from a different mother or father. either parent can have cross reference cases.
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