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CACHE

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Items that are stored away in a hidden or secret place with limited access for later use. When used in the context of computer technology, it is a temporary storage space where frequently or recently accessed information is stored for quick and speed retreival. … [Read more...] about CACHE

CAESARIAN OPERATION

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med. juris. An incision made through the parietes of the abdomen and uterus to extract the foetus. It is said that Julius Caesar was born in this manner. When the child is cut out after the death of the mother, his coming into being in this way confers on other persons none of the rights to which they would have been entitled if he had been born, in the usual course of nature, … [Read more...] about CAESARIAN OPERATION

C., CT., CTS.

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These abbreviations stand for "cent" or "cents," and any of them, placed at the top or head of a column, of figures, sufficiently Indicates the denomination of the figures below. Jackson v. Cummings, 15 111. 453; Hunt v. Smith, 9 Kan. 137; Linck v. Litchfield, 141 111. 4C9, 31 N. E. 123. … [Read more...] about C., CT., CTS.

CACHEPOLUS, or CACHEREIXAS

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An inferior bailiff, or catchpoll. Jacob. … [Read more...] about CACHEPOLUS, or CACHEREIXAS

CAETERORUM

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The name of a kind of administration, which, after an administration has been granted for a limited purpose, is granted for the rest of the estate. For example, where a wife had a right to devise or bequeath certain stock, and she made a will of the same, but there were accumulations that did not pass, the husband might take out letters of administration caeterorum. … [Read more...] about CAETERORUM

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