Cony Catch - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: cony catchCony catch
To deceive to cheat to trick...
eye catching
Seizing the attention as eye catching posters as she wore an eye catching low cut gown...
Catch basin
A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer...
Fair catch
A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught He must not then be interfered with...
Fly catching
Having the habit of catching insects on the wing...
Catching bargain
Catching bargain, a purchase from an expectant heir, for an inadequate consideration. See Expectant Heir....
Heymectus
Heymectus, a hay-net; a net for catching conies....
Entrap
To catch in a trap to insnare hence to catch as in a trap by artifices to involve in difficulties or distresses to catch or involve in contradictions as to be entrapped by the devices of evil men...
mousetrap
Any device that catches and usually kills mice They are of various designs the most common being a stiff loop of wire mounted on a small wooden platform base and attached to a strong spring which holds the loop firmly against the base To activate the trap the loop is pulled through a 180deg arc against the tension of the spring and held against the base by a delicate metal catch which can keep the loop from moving though in a state of high tension The metal catch is moved when a mouse tries to take a piece of bait attached to it releasing the loop which forcefully moves though an arc usually killing the mouse A larger version of the same device is used as a rat trap...
Catchdrain
A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water also a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water...
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