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Causa matrimonii pr'locuti

Causa matrimonii pr'locuti, a writ which lay where a woman gave lands to a man in fee simple, etc., to the intent he should marry her, and he refused to

Claims Court of

divers services to the sovereign threat (as to carry the spurs) in regard of their tenure of divers lands. See the Report of the Court before the Coronation of his late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, by

Churle

Churle [fr. ceorl, Sax.], a tenant at will, o free condition, who held lands of the thanes, on condition of rents and services: of two sorts; one who hired the lord's tenementary

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Chief, tenants in

Chief, tenants in, persons who held their lands immediately under the king (in capite), in right of his Crown and dignity, 2Bl. Com. 60.

Charges

charges in relation to an airport means (a) charges levied on operators of aircraft in connection with the landing, parking or taking-off of aircraft at an airport, including charges that are to any extent determined by reference

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Duchy Chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all mattes of equity relating to lands held of the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster; which is a thing very distinct from

Cestui que vie

Cestui que vie, the person for whose life any lands, tenements, or hereditaments are held by another, who is called the tenant pur autre vie. See Autre Vie.

Causam nobis significes quare

to a mayor of a town, etc., who was by the king's writ demanded to give seisin of lands to the king's grantee; on his delaying to do it, requiring him to show cause why he so

Cattle-gate

Cattle-gate, common for one beast. Gated or stinted pastures are types of commonable lands which prevail largely in the north of England and the rights over them are known by a number

Bound, or Boundary

Bound, or Boundary [fr. borne, bone, Fr., a limit], the utmost limits of lands, whereby the same is know and ascertained. See ABUTTALS.

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