Refers to two or more tenants who are on the same lease or rental agreement, sharing the same property. Each co-tenant is completely responsible for the lease (joint and several) and are responsible for damage caused by other co-tenants. … [Read more...] about CO-TENANTS
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COUCHANT
Lying down; squatting. Couch ant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term applied to animals trespassing on the land of one other than their owner, for one night or longer. 3 Bl. Comm. … [Read more...] about COUCHANT
COTERELLI
Anciently, a kind of peasantry who were outlaws; robbers. Blount … [Read more...] about COTERELLI
COUCHER, OR COURCHER
A factor who continues abroad for traffic, (37 Edw. HI. c. 16;) also the general book wherein any corporation, etc., register their acts, (3 A 4 Edw. VI. c. 10.) … [Read more...] about COUCHER, OR COURCHER
CORVEE
In French law. Gratuitous labor exacted from the villages or communities, especially for repairing roads, constructing bridges, etc. State v. Covington, 125 N. C. 641, 34 S. E. 272. … [Read more...] about CORVEE