In old English law. A measure containing four bushels or half a quarter of corn. Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In old English law. A measure containing four bushels or half a quarter of corn. Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(A) See conservator (B) persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. There are curators ad bona, of property, who administer the estate of a minor, take care of his person, and intervene in all his … [Read more...]
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The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law. 2. By art. 1, s. 8, the Constitution of the United States authorizes congress to coin money, and to regulate the value thereof. Changes in the currency ought not to be made but for the most urgent reason, as they unsettle commerce, both at home and abroad. Suppose Peter contracts to … [Read more...]
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offices, contracts, in the civil law. The power given by authority of law, to one or more persons, to administer the property of an individual who is unable to take care of his own estate and affairs, either on account of his absence without an authorized agent, or in consequence of his prodigality, or want of mind. 2. Curatorship differs from tutorship, in this, that the … [Read more...]
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A woman who has been appointed to the ofilce of curator; a female guardian. Cross' Curatrix v. Cross' Legatees, 4 Grat (Va.) 257. Cwratus non habet titulum. A curate has no title, [to tithes.] 3 Bulst 310. … [Read more...]