KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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CAMPFIGHT

CALL

CAMBIUM. In the civil law. Change or exchange. A term applied indifferently to the exchange of land, money, or debts. Cambium reale or manuale was the term gen erally used to denote the technical common-law exchange of lands; cambium locale, mercan tile, or trajectitium, was used to designate the modern mercantile contract of exchange, where by a man agrees ; in consideration of a sum of money paid him in one place, to pay a like sum in another place. Poth. de Change, n. 12; Story, Bills, § 2, et seq. In old English law. A cham ber, room, or apartment; a judge's cham ber; a treasury; a chest or coffer. Also, a stipend payable from vassal to lord; an an nuity. —Camera regis. In old English law. A chamber of the king; a place of peculiar privi leges especially in a commercial point of view. —Camera scaccarii. The old name of the exchequer chamber, (q. v.) — Camera stellata. The star chamber, (q. v.) The science of fi nance or public revenue, comprehending the means of raising and disposing of it. CAMERA. CAMERAXISTICS. A small handbell used in the ceremonies of the Romish church; and, among Protestants, by sextons, parish clerks, and criers. Cowell. CAMPANARIUM, CAMPANILE. A belfry, bell tower, or steeple; a place where bells are hung. Spelman; Townsh. PI. 191, 213. A part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or in common. Eng lish statutes, for amending the practice in prosecutions for libel, 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93; also 6 & 7 Vict. c. 96, providing for com pensation to relatives in the case of a per son having been killed through negligence; also 20 & 21 Vict. c. 83, In regard to the sale of obscene books, etc. A share; a champertor's share; a champertous division or sharing of land. CAMFERTUM. A corn-field; a field of grain. Blount; Cowell; Jacob. CAMPARTUM. CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACTS. CAMPERS. CAMERARIUS. A chamberlain; a keep er of the public money; a treasurer. Also a bailiff or receiver. CAMINO. In Spanish law. A road or highway. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 2, 1. 6. CAMPANA. In old European law. A bell. Spelman. — Campana bajnla.

for him appear, he is nonsuited, the jurors are discharged without giving a verdict, the action is at an end, and the defendant recovers his costs. — Calling to the bar. In English practice. Conferring the dignity or degree of barrister at law upon a member of one of the inns of court. Holthouse —Calling upon a prisoner. When a prisoner has been found guilty on an indict ment, the clerk of the court addresses him and calls upon him to say why judgment should not be passed upon him. In Scotch law. A gift to the head of a clan, as an acknowledgment for protection and maintenance. Cal umny, malice, or ill design; a false accusa tion; a malicious prosecution. Lanning v. Christy, 30 Ohio St. 115, 27 Am. ,Rep. 431. In the old common law. A claim, de mand, challenge to jurors. CALPES. CALUMNIA. In the civil law. CALUMNIiE JUSJURANDUM. The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon the parties to a suit that they did not sue or defend with the intention of calumniating, (calumniandi animo,) i. e., with a malicious design, but from a firm belief that they had a good cause. Inst. 4, 16. In the civil law. One who accused another of a crime without cause; one who brought a false accusation. Cod. 9, 46. Defamation; slander; false accusation of a crime or offense. See CAL CMNIA. CALUMNIATOR. CALUMNY. CALUMNIiE JUBAMENTTJM. In the old canon law. An oath similar to the calumniw jusjurandum, (q. v.)

CAMARA.

In Spanish law. A treasury.

Las Partidas, pt. 6, tit. 3, 1, 2. The exchequer. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 8, c. L

CAMBELLANUS,

or

CAMBEL1A

RIUS.

A chamberlain.

Spelman.

CAMBIATOR.

In old English law. An

exchanger.

exchan

Carribiatores

monetae,

gers of money; money-changers.

CAMBIO.

In Spanish law.

Exchange.

Schm. Civil Law, 14a

CAMBIPARTIA.

Champerty;

from

a field, and partus,

divided. Spel

campus,

man.

CAMBIFARTTCEPS.

A champertor.

CAMPFIGHT.

In old English law. The

CAMBIST. In mercantile law. A per Bon skilled in exchanges; one who trades in promissory notes and bills of exchange.

fighting

of two champions or combatants

in the field; the judicial combat, or

duellum.

3 Inst. 221.