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Custos rotulorum
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Custos rotulorumEnglish law. The principal justice of the peace of a county, who is the keeper of the records of the county.
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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.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
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Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custody level (jail)
In the US penitentiary jargon, an assigned category achieved by objective scoring that identifies an inmate?s required housing and supervision needs, and which determines to a large extent where and how the inmate is housed.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Custom-house
A place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay or secure the duties or customs due to the government.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
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Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Custom-house
A place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay or secure the duties or customs due to the government.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
Cyber-crime
Referring to frauds perpetrated on the Internet or through the use of computers.
Cycle counts
In inventory control, counting various portions of the inventory frequently until it is all counted (vs. counting the whole inventory once a quarter or once a year).
Cy-pres
As near as may be: a technical word used in the law of trusts or of wills to refer to a power that the courts have to, rather than void the document, to construct or interpret the will or a trust document "as near as may be" to the actual intentions of the signatory, where a literal construction would give the document illegal, impracticable or impossible effect.
Czar
A title of honor which is assumed by the emperor of all the Russias.
Czarina
The title of the empress of Russia.
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.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custody level (jail)
In the US penitentiary jargon, an assigned category achieved by objective scoring that identifies an inmate?s required housing and supervision needs, and which determines to a large extent where and how the inmate is housed.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Custom-house
A place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay or secure the duties or customs due to the government.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Custom-house
A place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay or secure the duties or customs due to the government.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
Cyber-crime
Referring to frauds perpetrated on the Internet or through the use of computers.
Cycle counts
In inventory control, counting various portions of the inventory frequently until it is all counted (vs. counting the whole inventory once a quarter or once a year).
Cy-pres
As near as may be: a technical word used in the law of trusts or of wills to refer to a power that the courts have to, rather than void the document, to construct or interpret the will or a trust document "as near as may be" to the actual intentions of the signatory, where a literal construction would give the document illegal, impracticable or impossible effect.
Czar
A title of honor which is assumed by the emperor of all the Russias.
Czarina
The title of the empress of Russia.
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