eccl. law. The name usually given to the collection of decretals or constitutious of Pope Clement V., which was made by order of John XXII. his successor, who published it in 1317. The death of Clement V., which happened in 1314, prevented him from publishing this collection, which is properly a compilation, as well of the epistles and constitutions of this pope, as of the … [Read more...] about CLEMENTINES
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CLERIGOS
In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4. … [Read more...] about CLERIGOS
CLEAN HANDS DOCTRINE
The legal principle that a person or a party that has acted in bad faith or fraudulently with regard to a dispute will be unable to use the court system to right a wrong that eventually they may face arising out of the same circumstances. For example, a car mechanic who did not have a license and failed to do a reasonably good job fixing a consumers car will not be able to use … [Read more...] about CLEAN HANDS DOCTRINE
CLEMENT'S INN
An inn of chancery. See INNS OF CHANCERY. … [Read more...] about CLEMENT'S INN
CLERK
(A) commerce, contract. A person in the employ of a merchant, who attends only to a part of his business, while the merchant himself superintends the whole. He differs from a factor in this, that the latter wholly supplies the place of his principal in respect to the property consigned to him. Pard. Dr. Com. n. 38, 1 Chit. Pract. 80; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1287. (B) eccl. law. Every … [Read more...] about CLERK