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CRETINUS

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In old records. A sudden stream or torrent; a rising or inundation. … [Read more...]

CRETIO

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Lat. In the civil law. A certain number of days allowed an heir to deliberate whether he would take the inheritance or not Calvin. … [Read more...]

CREDIT UNION

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A union whose purpose is to provide safety and fairness in the application of interest rates to savings and loans transactions. … [Read more...]

CRETION

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civil law.. The acceptance of a succession. Cretion was an act made before a magistrate, by which an instituted heir, who was required to accept of the succession within a certain time, declares within that time that he accepted the succession. Clef cles Lois Rom. h. t. 2. Cretion is also used to signify the term during which the heir is allowed to make his election to take or … [Read more...]

CREDITOR

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(A) A person or entity to whom money or a debt is owed. (B) persons, contracts. A creditor is he who has a right to require the fulfillment of an obligation or contract. 2. Creditors may be divided into personal and real. 3. The former are so called, because their claims are mainly against the person, who can reach the property of their debtors only by; virtue of the general … [Read more...]

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