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
C
C
The initial letter of the word "Codex," used by some writers in citing the Code of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24. It was also the letter inscribed on the ballets by which, among the Romans, jurors voted to condemn an accused party. It was the initial letter of condemno, I condemn. Tayl. Civil Law, 192. C. as the third letter of the alphabet, is used as a numeral, In like … [Read more...] about C
C.D. Cal.
Central District of California … [Read more...] about C.D. Cal.
CACHET, LETTRES DE
Letters issued and signed by the kings of France, and countersigned by a secretary of state, authorizing the imprisonment of a person. Abol lished during the revolution of 1789. … [Read more...] about CACHET, LETTRES DE
CAETERUS
Lat. Other; another; the rest. Caeteris paribus. Other things being equal. Caeteris tacentibus. The others being silent ; the other judges expressing no opinion. Comb 186. Caeterorum. When a limited administration has been granted, and all the property cannot be administered under it, administration coeterorum (as to the residue) may be granted. … [Read more...] about CAETERUS