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CABINET

The advisory board or council of a king or other chief executive. In the government of the United States the cabinet is composed of the secretary of state, the see cretary of the treasury, the secretary of the interior, the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of commerce and labor, the attorney general, and the postmaster … [Read more...] about CABINET

CADUCA

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In the civil law. Property of an inheritable quality; property such as descends to an heir. Also the lapse of a testamentary disposition or legacy. Also an escheat; escheated property. Bl. Law Dict.(2d Ed.)11 … [Read more...] about CADUCA

C. O. D.

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Collect on delivery. These letters are not cabalistic, but have a determinate meaning. They import the carrier's liability to return to the consignor either the goods or the charges. U. S. Exp. Co. v. Keefer. 59 Ind. 267; Fleming v. Com., 130 Pa. 138, 18 Atl. 622; Express Co. v. Wolf, 79 111. 434. … [Read more...] about C. O. D.

CABINET COUNCIL

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In English law. A private and confidential assembly of the most considerable ministers of state, to concert measures for the administration of public affairs; first established by Charles I. Wharton. … [Read more...] about CABINET COUNCIL

CADUCARY

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Relating to or of the nature of escheat forfeiture, or confiscation, 2 Bl. Comm. 245. … [Read more...] about CADUCARY

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