In old English law. Ale or beer. … [Read more...] about CEREVISIA
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CERTIFICATE OF PENDING LITIGATION
Also known as a Certificate of Lis Pendens which is a notice or warning that a litigation is currently pending with regard to the ownership of a parcel of land or real property. … [Read more...] about CERTIFICATE OF PENDING LITIGATION
CENTURY
One hundred. A body of one hundred men. The Romans were divided into centuries, as the English were divided into hundreds. Also a cycle of one hundred years. … [Read more...] about CENTURY
CERT MONET
In old English law. Head money or common fine. Money paid yearly by the residents of several manors to the lords thereof, for the certain keeping of the leet, (pro certo letwf) and sometimes to the hundred. Blount; 6 Coke, 78. quae deducitur in judicium. The design and narration ought to be certain, and the foundation certain, and the matter certain, which is brought into court … [Read more...] about CERT MONET
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
A certificate of a corporation or joint- stock company that the person named is the owner of a designated number of shares of its stock; given when the subscription is fully paid and the "scrip-certificate" taken up. … [Read more...] about CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
