The name of a writ to compel another to make a fence or wall, which he was bound to make, between his land and the plaintiff's. Reg. Orig. 155. Now obsolete. Curia parliamenti suis propriis legibus subsistit. 4 Inst 50. The court of parliament is governed by its own laws. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The power or duty of managing the property of him who, either on account of infancy or some defect of mind or body, cannot manage his own affairs. The duty of a curator or guardian. Calvin. … [Read more...]

An English court, which assumed this name, during the reign of Henry II. It was Curia or Aula Regis, because it was held in the great hall of the king's palace; and where the king, for some time, administered justice in person. But afterwards, the judicial power was more properly entrusted to the king's judges. The judges who sat in this court were distinguished by the name of … [Read more...]

Having the ability to be remedied or corrected. Correctable. Intended to cure (that is. to obviate the ordinary legal effects or consequences of) defects, errors, omissions, or irregularities. Applied particularly to statutes, a "curative act" being a retrospective law passed in order to validate legal proceedings, the acts of public officers, or private deeds or contracts, … [Read more...]

In Scotch law. Curtesy. Also the privileges, prerogatives, or, perhaps, retinue, of a court. Curiosa et eaptlosa interpretatio in lege reprobatur. A curious (over nice or subtle) and captious interpretation is reprobated in law. 1 Buist 6 … [Read more...]