A legal doctrine where, when both spouses are found to be at fault for divorce, it grants the spouse that is less at fault a divorce. … [Read more...] about COMPARABLE RECTITUDE
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COMPENDIUM
An abridgment, synopsis, or digest. … [Read more...] about COMPENDIUM
COMMUTATION
In criminal law. Change; substitution. The substitution of one punishment for another, after conviction of the party subject to it The change of a punishment from a greater to a less; as from hanging to imprisonment Commutation of a punishment is not a conditional pardon, but the substitution of a lower for a higher grade of punishment, and is presumed to be for the culprit's … [Read more...] about COMMUTATION
COMPARATIO LITERARUM
In the civil law. Comparison of writings, or handwritings. A mode of proof allowed in certain cases. … [Read more...] about COMPARATIO LITERARUM
COMPENSACION
In Spanish law. Compensation; set-off. The extinction of a defyt by another debt of equal dignity. … [Read more...] about COMPENSACION