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Citizen Legal Reference Materials [167] C C. Roman numeral for 100. At one time, the letter "C" was branded on the forehead as a punishment for counterfeiting, in Rhode Island. c. Abbreviation for cent or cents; capacity; centimeter; century; chapter; chancellor; cubic; hundredweight; and, in rare instances, court; a symbol for " copyright," in a notice of copyright, where inclosed within a circle, thus © . 18 Am J2d Copyr § 58; a brand mark placed upon chattels belonging to the United States, previously branded US, where they are offered for sale, which is usually after they have been inspected and condemned for government use. 46 Am J1st Sales § 311. C. An abbreviation, infrequently used, for Corps; Court; or Chancellor. ca. An abbreviation of the Latin word "circa," meaning "about." It is often used with dates, as circa 1492, or ca. 1492. C.A. Abbreviation for Court of Appeals. C/A. Abbreviation for current account. CAA. Abbreviation for Civil Aeronautics Authority. cab. See taxicab. cabal. A junto; a small political faction. caballeria. A Mexican term for the measure of a tract containing 105.75 acres. Ainsa v United States, 161 US 219, 40 L Ed 677, 16 S Ct 544. caballero. Gentleman. cabaret. A restaurant wherein alcoholic beverages are served; a restaurant with instrumental music and singing. cabinet. A body of officials forming all advisory council, the most illustrious of which is the Cabinet of the President of the United States, consisting of the heads of the Departments of Government. cabinet council. A council of cabinet members held privately to consider public matters. cable. Noun: A heavy rope, often made of wire; an underground or underseas bundle of wires in insulation used for the transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone. Verb: To send a message by underseas cable. Cable Act. A federal statute of Sept. 22, 1922, repealing the rule by which the naturalization of a female was effected by her marriage to a citizen. cablegram. A message transmitted by underseas cable. cable system. A system of operating street railway cars by means of an underground cable set in motion by a stationary engine at the power house of the system. Hooper v Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. 85 Md 509, 37 A 359. cable transfer of exchange. An arrangement whereby the person contracting to deliver exchange contracts that he will make available by cable to the person contracting to take such exchange, a credit of the amount specified, at the point specified, and at the time specified. In such an agreement there is no guaranty or necessary implication that the contractor has any credit which he is selling, or agreeing to sell, or that he will place the credit through a third party as correspondent. Equitable Trust Co. v Keene, 232 NY 290, 133 N E 894, 19 ALR 1137, 1139. cablish. Brushwood; wood or brush blown down by the wind. caboose car. A car which is coupled at the rear end of a freight train and which is intended primarily for the accommodation of the men connected with the train. Shoemaker v Kingsbury (US) 12 Wall 369, 20 L Ed 432. It is, however, the car in which drovers accompanying shipments of livestock are accommodated. 14 Am J2d Car § 756. Occasionally, passengers for hire are carried on freight trains, in which case, they ride in the caboose. 14 Am J2d Car § 860- cache. A place, usually in wilderness or an unfrequented region, where supplies are stored. The word implies concealment. Lane v Washington Daily News, 66 App DC 245, 85 F2d 822. cachepolus. A catchpoll; a bailiff; a constable. cacicazgos. Lands held in entail by the caciques in Indian villages in Spanish-America. --Bouvier's Law Dict. cadaster. Same as cadastre. cadastral survey. An original survey of a large area of public lands made by the government. cadastre. An official statement of the quantity and value of real property in any district, made for the purpose of justly apportioning the taxes payable on such property. Strother v Lucas (US) 12 Pet 410, 428 note, 9 1, Ed It 37, 1144 note. Cadat a causa sua. He shall fail in, or lose, his case. cadaver. A corpse. See dead body. cadere. To fail; to fail; to end; to abate. cadere assisa. To be nonsuit. cadere causa. To fail or lose it cause or case. cadet. A youth under tuition and drill with a view to his becoming an army or navy officer. cadi. A Turkish civil magistrate. Cadat a causa. He loses his case. Cadit actio. The actions fails. Cadit warrantia. The warranty fails. caduca. That which is inherited; also a testamentary gift which lapses and an escheat. caducary. Relating to or subject to escheat or forfeiture of property. caducus. Falling. caedua. Preserved for cutting, as wood. Caesarean operation. The delivery of a child by surgery, the term deriving from the fact or legend respecting the birth of Julius Caesar. Caesarean section. A more professional term for Caesarean operation. Caetera desunt. Other things are wanting or lacking. [168] caeteris paribus. Other things being equal. caeteris tacentibus. The others being silent, not voting, not expressing opinions. caeteros. See inter caeteros. caetororum. Of the rest or residue, --a term applied to the residuum of an estate. c. a. f. An abbreviation for "cost, freight and assurance," sometimes used in mercantile transactions, especially in England. The letters in such form have also been used in mercantile transactions as an abbreviation of "cost and freight." 46 Am J1st Sales § 136. See cost and freight; cost, insurance, and freight. cafe. A restaurant. 29 Am J Rev ed look § 9. As used in a Sunday law, either by way of prohibition or of exception to a prohibition, the terms cafe, restaurant and victualing house, seem to have the same meaning, and to intend an establishment where food is sold to the public for consumption on the premises. Anno: 9 ALR 428. A cafe is not an inn. 29 Am J Rev ed Innk § 9. cahier. A memorial; a petition; a report; a section of a book. caisson disease. Caisson disease, or "the bends," as the most prevalent and dangerous ailment of divers or men who work in a compressed-air atmosphere is known, results when a diver who has been working under great pressure is too quickly brought to the surface and normal pressures. Nitrogen in the air goes into and out of solution in the blood slowly. When pressure is too quickly reduced, this slow change causes bubbles in the blood and the attacks are frequently fatal. calaboose. A jail. calami diversitas vel atramenti. A difference in penmanship or ink. calamity. A cause of general distress in the nation, a state, or a subdivision of the state, which arises from natural forces and also from adversities such as widespread unemployment. Muskegon Heights v Danigelis, 253 Mich 260, 235 NW 83, 73 ALR 696. The devastation of a country by hurricanes or earthquakes, and the desolation of its inhabitants by famine or plague, are great calamities. Jones v Williams, 121 Tex 94, 45 SW2d 130, 79 ALR 983. calamus. A writing pen made of a reed; handwriting with a pen. calangium. A disputed claim. calcea. A causeway. calceto reparendo. See de calceto reparendo. calcetum. A causeway calculated. Computed; reckoned; intended. State v Wyman, 56 Mont 600, 186 P 1; fitted, adapted, or suited by design. Smallwood v Commonwealth (Ky) 40 SW 248; Gerrish v Norris, 63 Mass (9 Cush) 167, 170. calefagium. The right to take fuel annually. calendar. The mode of adjusting the natural divisions of time with respect to each other for the purposes of civil life. 52 Am J1st Time § 9; a tabulation of time by days and weeks in the succession of the months; a system of measuring time as in years, months and days. See court calendar; Gregorian calendar; intercalary month; judge's calendar; Julian calendar; tax calendar. Calendar Amendment Act. An English statute passed in 1751, adopting the Gregorian calendar. calendar call. The reading of the trial calendar, that is, the list of cases for trial during the term or a week of the term, ordinarily on it stated day of the week, for which attorneys attend and respond, when their cases are called, to indicate whether a case is ready for trial. calendar days. Consecutive days, including Sundays and holidays. Okanogan Indians v United States, 279 US 671, 73 L Ed 894, 49 S Ct 463, 64 ALR 1434. calendar month. A month by the calendar, that is, a month computed, not by counting the days intervening, but by referring to the calendar for a month as it appears therein, without regard to the number of days it may contain. 11 Am J2d B & N § 291; a month according to the calendar rather than a lunar month. Simmons v Hanne, 50 Fla 267, 39 So 77. calendar of causes. See court calendar. calendar of prisoners. A sheriff's list of prisoners with their sentences or commitments. calendar week. A period of seven days, usually reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. 52 Am J1st Time § 12. calendar year. The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year. calends. The first day of the month in the Roman calendar. calf. The offspring of a cow, so called until it has shed its two front milk teeth; a colloquial term for an awkward youth, also for a person who complains unduly. call. A reference made in a description of real estate to a course, distance, marker, monument, or a natural object such as a tree, stream, rock, etc., by which a boundary is to be determined; stopping at a place for a social visit, or, in the case of a physician, a professional visit; a notice by an obligor that its securities are being redeemed; a notice of a meeting to be held by the stockholders or board of directors of a corporation; an assessment made upon the members of an association, club, or society; it demand on a subscriber to stock in a corporation for an additional contribution to the capital of the corporation; an option to purchase property, particularly corporate stock, securities, or commodities, at a stipulated price, on or before a specific future date or within a specified future period of time, say, 30, 60, or 90 days.
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