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Chancery Common Law Seal

Chancery Common Law Seal, for the sealing of writs, etc., out of the Petty Bag Office, 12 & 13 Vict. c. 109, ss. 11, 14. See now R. S. C., Ord. LXI.

Common Council

Common Council, the councillors of the City of London. See COUNCIL.

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Common Counts. The indebitatus (see that title) counts in a declaration for goods sold and delivered, or bargained and sold, for work done, for money lent, for money paid, for money received to the use of...

Common fine

Common fine, a small sum of money paid to the lords by the residents in certain leets, Fleta, 1. 7, c. xlviii.

Common gambling house

Common gambling house, according to the defini-tion means: 'any house' walled enclosure, room or place in which cards, dice, tables or other instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the...

Common hall

Common hall, a Court in the city of London, at which all the citizens, or such as are free of the City, have a right to attend.

Common informer

Common informer, a person who prosecutes others for breaches of penal laws, or furnishes evidence on criminal trials for no other reason than to get the penalty or a share of it; for a recent instance...

Common seal

Common seal, a seal used by a corporation as the symbol of their incorporation, and see CORPORA-TION.

Common serjeant

Common serjeant, a judicial officer of the Corporation of the City of London, appointed by the Crown [Loc. Gov. Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), s. 42 (14)]., and one of the judges of...

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