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Coronatre exonerando

Coronatre exonerando, a writ for the removal of a coroner, for a cause which is to be therein assigned, as that he

Cui in vita

Cui in vita (to whominlife). A writ of entry for a widow against him to whom her husband aliened her lands or tenements in his

Contumace capiendo

such person contumacious and in contempt, and to signify the same to the Court of Chancery, whereupon a writ de contumace capiendo issues from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division), 2 & 3 Wm. 4, C.

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Convention

A generally accepted rule or practice, usage or custom, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 332. Convention, a writ for the breach of any covenant in writing, whether real or personal, Reg. Brev. 115; Fitz. N.B. 145.

Copia libelli deliberanda

Copia libelli deliberanda, a writ that lay where a man could not get a copy of a libel at the hands of a

Coronatore eligendo

Coronatore eligendo, the writ issued before the commencement of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, to the sheriff, commanding him to proceed

Corodio habendo

Corodio habendo, a writ to exact a corody of an abbey or religious house, Reg. Brev. 264.

Corpus cum causa

Corpus cum causa, a writ issuing out of Chancery to remove both the body and record touching the cause of any man lying

Cosenage, or cosinage

Cosenage, or cosinage, kindred, cousinship. Also a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or great-grandfather, was seised

County Courts

was not a Court of Record. Proceedings were removable into a superior court by recordari facias loquelam, or writ of false judgment. Outlawries ofabsconding offenders were here proclaimed. Far more important inferior tribunals have now been established

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