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CABALLERIA

In Spanish law. An allotment of land acquired by conquest, to a horse soldier. It was a strip one hundred feet wide by two hundred feet deep. The term has been sometimes used in those parts of the United States which were derived from Spain. See 12 Pet 444, note. i … [Read more...] about CABALLERIA

CADI

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The name of a Turkish civil magistrate. … [Read more...] about CADI

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An abbreviation for chief justice; also for circuit judge. … [Read more...] about C. J.

CABALLERO

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In Spanish law. A knight. So called on account of its being more honorable to go on horseback (d caballo) than on any other beast. … [Read more...] about CABALLERO

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