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L. Fr. A chase or hunting ground. … [Read more...] about CHACE

A summons or invitation, given by one person to another, to engage in a personal combat; a request to fight a duel. A criminal offense. See Steph. Crim. Dig. 40; 3 East, 581; State v. Perkins, 6 Blackf. (Ind.) 20. … [Read more...] about CHALLENGE TO FIGHT

A barbarous phrase, to signify the beneficiary of an estate held in trust. He for whose benefit another person is enfeoffed or seised of land or tenements, or is possessed of personal property. The cestui que trust is entitled to receive the rents and profits of the land; he may direct such conveyances, consistent with the trust, deed or will, as he shall choose, and the … [Read more...] about CESTUI QUE TRUST

In old English law. A station of gamer more extended than a park, and less than a forest; also the liberty of chasing or hunting within a certain district; also the way through which cattle are driven to pasture, otherwise called a "droveway." Blount Chasea est ad communem legem. Achase is by common law. Reg. Brev. 806. … [Read more...] about CHACEA

A room or apartment In a house. A private repository of money; a treasury. Sometimes used to designate a court, a commission, or an association of persons habitually meeting together in an apartment, e.g., the "star chamber," "chamber of deputies," "chamber of commerce." Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A room in a house. 2. It was formerly hold that no freehold … [Read more...] about CHAMBER