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A countermanding. Contramandatio placiti, in old English law, was the respiting of a defendant, or giving him further time to answer, by countermanding the day fixed for him to plead, and appointing a new day; a sort of imparlance. … [Read more...] about CONTRAMANDATIO

To donate, to give, to assist. To supply a share or proportional part of money or property towards the prosecution of a common enterprise or the discharge of a joint obligation. … [Read more...] about CONTRIBUTE

A lawful excuse, which a defendant in a suit by attorney alleges for himself to show that the plaintiff has no cause of complaint. Blount … [Read more...] about CONTRAMANDATUM

In common law. The sharing of a loss or payment among several. The act of any one or several of a number of co-debtors, co-sureties, etc., in reimbursing one of their number who has paid the whole debt or suffered the whole liability, each to the extent of his proportionate share. Canosia Tp. v. Grand Lake Tp., 80 Minn. 357, 83 N. W. 346; Dysart v. Crow, 170 Mo. 275, 70 S. W. … [Read more...] about CONTRIBUTION

In old English law. A counter-plea. Townsh. PI. 61. … [Read more...] about CONTRAPLACITUM