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Curt

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Curtes

Courteous

Curtal

Curt brief laconic

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Curtly

In a curt manner

Husting

Husting [fr. hus-thing, A.-S.]. council, curt, tribunal; apparently so called from being held within a building at a time when other courts were held

Curtness

The quality of bing curt

Short spoken

Speaking in a quick or short manner hence gruff curt

Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner

Ale-kenner [gustator, cerevisi' Lat.], one who kens or knows what good ale is; an officer appointed at a curt-leet, who is sworn to look at the assize and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of

Sessions of the peace

quarter sessions are re-hearings. As to procedure when the appeal is from an order or conviction of a curt of summary jurisdiction, see the (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933, which substitutes a new s. 31 for

Land

globe's centre, hence the maxim, Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos; or, more curtly expressed, Cujus est solum ejus est altum. See Co. Litt. 4 a. In an (English) Act of Parliament

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