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In England. An incorporated town or borough which is or has been the see of a bishop. Co. Litt. 108; 1 Bl. Coram. 114; Cowell. State v. Green, 126 N. a 1082, 35 S. E. 462. A large town incorporated with certain privileges. The inhabitants of a city. The citizens. Worcester. In America. A city is a municipal corporation of a larger class, the distinctive feature of whose … [Read more...] about CITY

A court having a local Jurisdiction within the city of London. It is to all Intents and purposes a county court, having the same Jurisdiction and procedure. … [Read more...] about CITY OF LONDON COURT

In Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced to a deed by decreet. It has the same sense in the civil law. Dig. 50, 17, 49, 155. And see Oregon v. Jennings, 119 U. S. 74, 7 Sup. Ct. 124, 30 L. Ed. 323. … [Read more...] about CIRCUMVENTION

Sp. In Spanish law, cities; distinguished from towns (pueblos) and villages (villas.) Hart v. Burnett, 15 CaL 537. … [Read more...] about CIUDADES

In Anglo-Saxon and old English law, a church. Ciric-bryce. Any violation of the privileges of a church. Ciric soeat. Church-scot, or shot; an ecclesiastical due, payable on the day of St. Martin, consisting chiefly of corn. … [Read more...] about CIRIC