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In old English law. The controlling or checking of another officer's account; the keeping of a counter-roll. … [Read more...] about CONTROLMENT

Proper; just; suitable. Finlay v. Dickerson, 29 111. 20; Railway Co. v. Smith, 173 U. S. 684, 19 Sup. Ct. 565, 43 L. Ed. 858. … [Read more...] about CONVENIENT

Counterfeiting; as contrafactio sigilli regis, counterfeiting the king's seal. Cowell. … [Read more...] about CONTRAFACTIO

In the civil and old English law. Touching; handling; meddling. The act of removing a thing from its place in such a manner that, if the thing be not restored, it will amount to theft. Contrectatio rei alienee, animo furandi, est furtum. Jenk. Cent. 132. The touching or removing of another's property, with an intention of stealing, is theft … [Read more...] about CONTRECTATIO

crim. law. Counterfeiting, imitating. In the French law contrafaction (contrefacon) is the illegal reprinting of a took for which the author or his assignee has a copyright, to the prejudice of the latter. … [Read more...] about CONTRAFACTION