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COLLATIONE FACTA UNI POST MORTEM ALTERIUS

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A writ directed to justices of the common pleas, commanding them to issue their writ to the bishop, for the admission of a clerk in the place of another presented by the crown, where there had been a demise of the crown during a suit; for judgment once passed for the king's clerk, and he dying before admittance, the king may bestow his presentation on another. Reg. Orig. 31. … [Read more...] about COLLATIONE FACTA UNI POST MORTEM ALTERIUS

COLLOQUIM

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One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken "of and concerning the plaintiff" or concerning the extrinsic matters alleged in the inducement and its office is to connect the whole publication with the previous statement. An averment that the words in question are spoken of or concerning … [Read more...] about COLLOQUIM

COLLEGE

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An organized assembly or collection of persons, established by law, and empowered to cooperate for the performance of some special function or for the promotion of some common object which may be educational, political, ecclesiastical, or scientific in its character. The assemblage of the cardinals at Rome is called a "college." So, in the United States, the body of … [Read more...] about COLLEGE