The constitutions of Clarendon were certain statutes made in the reign of Henry II. of England, at a parliament held at Clarendon, (A. D. 1164,) by which the king checked the power of the pope and his clergy, and greatly narrowed the exemption they claimed from secular jurisdiction. 4 Bl. Comm. 422. … [Read more...] about CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
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CLAVIA
In old English law. A club or mace; tenure per serjeantiam claviw, by the serjeanty of the club or mace. Cowell … [Read more...] about CLAVIA
CLARIFICATIO
Lat. In old Scotch law. A making clear; the purging or clearing (clenging) of an assise. Skene. … [Read more...] about CLARIFICATIO
CLAVIGERATUS
A treasurer of a church. … [Read more...] about CLAVIGERATUS
CLASS
The order or rank according to which persons or things are arranged or assorted. Also a group of persons or things, taken collectively, having certain qualities in common, and constituting a unit for certain purposes; e.g. a class of legatees. In re Harpke, 116 Fed. 297, 54 C. C A. 97; Swarts v. Bank, 117 Fed. 1, 54 C. C. A. 387; Farnam v. Farnam, 53 Conn. 261, 2 Atl. 325, 5 … [Read more...] about CLASS