C

In old English law. Common pleas or actions; those between one subject and another, as distinguished from pleas of the crown. … [Read more...] about COMMUNIA PLACITA

See common interest development. … [Read more...] about COMMUNITY INTEREST DEVELOPMENT

An ancient writ directed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i.e., not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and were sued there) in that court, where neither of the parties belonged to the same. Reg. Orig. 187. … [Read more...] about COMMUNIA PLACITA NON TENENDA IN SCACCARIO

Property that is owned or has been acquired during the course of a marriage (or common law relationship in a jurisdiction that recognizes such), where the title and ownership of the property is joint, akin to tenants in common with ownership of each spouse equally. It excludes that which is from a private source such as via inheritance, private gifts or income or profits from … [Read more...] about COMMUNITY PROPERTY

In ordinary years; on the annual average. … [Read more...] about COMMUNIBUS ANNIS