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CROITEIR

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A crofter; one holding a croft. … [Read more...]

CRIMINAL TRESPASS

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To trespass onto property that has clearly been marked with warning signs to keep off of private property of the failure to leave the property of another after being ordered to do so. … [Read more...]

CROP

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The products of the harvest in corn or grain. Emblements. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition This word is nearly synonymous with emblements., 2. As between the landlord and tenant, the former has a lien; in some of -the states, upon the crop for the rent, for a limited time, and, if sold on an execution against the tenant, the purchaser succeeds to the liability of … [Read more...]

CRIMINALITER

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Lat. Criminally. This term is used, in distinction or opposition to the word "civiliter," civilly, to distinguish a criminal liability or prosecution from a civil one. … [Read more...]

CROPPER

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One who, having no Interest in the laud, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. Fry v. Jones, 2 Rawle (Pa.) 11; Wood v. Garrison (Ky.) 62 S. W. 728; Steel v. Frick, 56 Pa. 172. The difference between a tenant and a cropper is: A tenant has an estate in the land for the term. and. consequently, he has a right of property in the crops. Until … [Read more...]

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