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Latin: In the civil law. Co-stipulators; joint stipulators. Correi eredendi. In the civil and Scotch law. Joint creditors; creditors in solido. Poth. Obi. pt. 2, c. 4, art 3, … [Read more...] about CORREI

The dead body of a human being. As a corpse is considered as nullius bonis, or the property of no one, it follows that stealing it, is not, at common law, a larceny. … [Read more...] about CORPSE

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation, in such sense that the existence of one necessarily implies the existence of the other. Father and son are correlative terms. Right and duty are correlative terms. … [Read more...] about CORRELATIVE

Latin: translation is body of law or a collection of laws. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Body; the body; an aggregate or mass, (of men, laws, or articles;) physical substance, as distinguished from Intellectual conception; the principal sum or capital, as distinguished from interest or income, A substantial or positive fact, as distinguished from what is … [Read more...] about CORPUS

Interchange of written communications. The letters written by a person and the answers written by the one to whom they are addressed. … [Read more...] about CORRESPONDENCE