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CONSTRUE

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To put together; to arrange or marshal the words of an instrument To ascertain the meaning of language by a process of arrangement and inference. See CONSTRUCTION. … [Read more...]

CONSULTO

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Latin: In the civil law. Designedly ; intentionally. Dig. 28, 41. … [Read more...]

CONSTUPRATE

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To ravish, debauch, violate, rape. See Harper v. Delp, 3 Ind. 230; Koenig v. Nott, 2 Hilt (N. Y.) 829. … [Read more...]

CONSUMATE

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What is completed. A right is said to be initiate, when it is not complete; and when it is perfected, it is consummated. … [Read more...]

CONSUETUDINARIUS

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In ecclesiastical law. A ritual or book, containing the rites and forma of divine offices, or the customs of abbeys and monasteries. … [Read more...]

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