CULVERTAGE

In old English law. A base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant’s estate. Blount; Du Cange. Cum action fuerit mere criminalis, institui poterit ab initio criminaliter vel civiliter. When an action is merely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning either criminally or civilly. Bract. 102. Cum adsunt testimonia rerum, quid opus est verbis? When the proofs of facts are present what need is there of words. 2 Bulst 53. Cum aliquis renunciaverit societati solvitur societas. When any partner renounces the partnership, the partnership is dissolved. Tray. Lai, Max. 11S. Cum confitente sponte mitius est agendum. One confessing willingly should be dealt with more leniently.