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Curtly

In a curt manner

Curt

Characterized by excessive brevity short rudely concise as curt limits a curt answer

Curtness

The quality of bing curt

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Curtal

Curt brief laconic

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

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

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

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

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