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CORD

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measures. A cord of wood must, when the wood is piled close, measure eight feet by four, and the wood must be four feet long. There are various local regulations in our principal cities as to the manner in which wood shall be measured and sold. … [Read more...]

COPPICE, OR COPSE

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A small wood, consisting of underwood, which may be cut at twelve or fifteen years' growth for fuel. … [Read more...]

CO-RESPONDENT

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A person summoned to answer a bill, petition, or libel, together with another respondent. Now chiefly used to designate the person charged with adultery with the respondent in a suit for divorce for that cause, and joined as a defendant with such party. Lowe v. Bennett, 27 Misc. Rep. 356, 58 N. Y. Supp. 88. … [Read more...]

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