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COUSTOUMIER

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(Otherwise spelled "Coustumier" or "Coutumier") In old French law. A collection of customs, unwritten laws, and forms of procedure. Two such volumes are of especial importance in juridical history, viz., the Grand Cousiumicr de Xormandie, and the Coutumier de France or Grand Coutumier. … [Read more...]

COVENANT TO CONVEY

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A convenant where one agrees to convey land to another under certain circumstances. … [Read more...]

COUTHUTLAUGH

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A person who willingly and knowingly received an outlaw, and cherished or concealed him; for which offense he underwent the same punishment as the outlaw himself. Bract. 128b; Spelman. … [Read more...]

COVENANT TO RENEW

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A covenant in a contract that gives the lessee a right to renew the lease. … [Read more...]

COUVERTURE

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in French law, is the deposit ("margin ') made by the client in the hands of the broker, either of a sum of money or of securities, in order to guaranty the broker for the payment of the securities which he purchases for the client. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 555. … [Read more...]

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