Officers who are appointed, to examine the accounts of other officers. More usually written comptrollers. … [Read more...]
CONVENABLE
In old English law. Suitable; agreeable; convenient; fitting Litt … [Read more...]
CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
A phrase of which the parts are expressly inconsistent, as, c. p., "an innocent murder;" "a fee simple for life." … [Read more...]
CONTRAVENTION
In French law. An act which violates the law, a treaty, or an agreement which the party has made. That infraction of the law punished by a fine which does not exceed fifteen francs and by an imprisonment not exceeding three days. Pen. Code, 1. In Scotch law. The act of breaking through any restraint Imposed by deed, by covenant, or by a court. … [Read more...]
CONTRAESCRITURA
In Spanish law. A counter-writing; counter-letter. A document executed at the same time with an act of sale or other instrument, and operating by way of defeasance or otherwise modifying the apparent effect and purport of the original Instrument … [Read more...]