In Canadian law. Tenure by cens, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about CENSIVE
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CDS
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CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
The formal act by which a man and woman take each other for husband and wife, according to law; the solemnization of a marriage. The term is usually applied to a marriage ceremony attended with ecclesiastical functions. See Pearson v. Howey, 11 N. J. Law, 19. … [Read more...] about CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
CENSO
In Spanish and Mexican law. An annuity. A ground rent The right which a person acquires to receive a certain annual pension, for the delivery which h» makes to another of a determined sum of money or of an immovable thing. Civ. Code Mex. art. 3206. See Schm. Civil Law, 149, 309; White, New Recop. bk. 2, c. 7, … [Read more...] about CENSO
CEAP
A bargain; anything for sale; a chattel; also cattle, as being the usual medium of barter. Sometimes used instead of ceapgild, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about CEAP