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Certificate
long been obsolete, took place in those cases in which the evidence of the person certifying was, by custom or otherwise, the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; see 3 Bl. Com. 333. As to
Chapel
These may be parochial, and have a right to sacraments and burials, and to a distinct minister, by custom, though subject in some respects to the mother-church, 2 Inst. 363. In an Act of Parliament 'chapel' means
Character
may be called by him in his defence, and, if they speak to nothing else, it is the custom that the counsel for the prosecution should not reply. it is not allowable to state any particulars of
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Chiminage, or pedagium
Chiminage, or pedagium, toll due by custom for having a way through a forest, Co. Litt. 56.
Church
Church is the National Church, and as such is built into the fabric of the State' (Law and Custom of the Constitution). 'The establishment of the Churchby law,' says Lord Selborne, 'consists essentially in the incorporation of
Commanding Officer
is under the regulations of the regular Army, or in the absence of any such regulations, by the custom of the service, to discharge with respect to that portion of the regular Army or that department, as
Common assurances
of a public board or commission empowered by Act of Parliament to record its proceedings. (3) By special custom obtaining in some particular places and relating only to some particular species of property: which three are such
Concessit solvere
Concessit solvere (he agreed to pay), an action of debt upon a simple contract. It lies by custom in the Mayor's Court, London, and Bristol Tolzey Court. The defence to a count sur concessit solvere was
Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habentur
Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habentur. A custom should be certain, for uncertain things are held as nothing.
Consuetudo est altera lex
Consuetudo est altera lex. 4 Rep. 21.-(Custom is another law.)
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