In English law. Debts due to the crown which are put by various statutes upon a different footing from those due to a subject. … [Read more...]
CTO
Chief Technology Officer … [Read more...]
CROWNER
In old Scotch law. Coroner; a coroner. "Crowner's quest," a coroner's inquest. … [Read more...]
CUCKING-STOOL
An engine of correction for common scolds, which in the Saxon language is said to signify the scolding-stool, though now it is frequently corrupted into ducking-stool, because the judgment was that, when the woman was placed therein, she should be plunged in the water for her punishment. It was also variously called a "trebucket," "tumbrel," or "castigatory." 3 Inst. 219; 4 Bl. … [Read more...]
CROY
In old English law. Marsh land. Blount … [Read more...]