KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

CHALDRON

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CESSION OP GOODS

CESSION OF GOODS. The surrender of property; the relinquishment that a debtor makes of all his property to his creditors, when he finds himself unable to pay his debts. Civil Code La. art 2170. CESSIONARY. In Scotch law. An as signee. Bell. CESSIONARY BANKRUPT. One who gives up his estate to be divided among his creditors. CESSMENT. An assessment, or tax. CESSOR. One who ceases or neglects so long to perform a duty that he thereby in curs the danger of the law. O. N. B. 136. CESSURE. L. Fr. A receiver; a bailiff. Kelham. C'EST ASCAVOIR. L. Fr. That is to say, or to-wit. Generally written as one word, cestascavoir, cestascavoire. C'est le crime qui fait la honte, et non pas l'echafaud. Fr. It is the offense which causes the shame, and not the scaffold. CESTUI, CESTUY. He. Used frequent ly in composition in law French phrases. —Cestui que trust. He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested in another. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 163. The person who pos sesses the equitable right to property and re ceives the rents, issues, and profits thereof, the legal estate of which is vested in a trustee. It has been proposed to substitute for this un couth term the English word "beneficiary," and the latter, though still far from universally adopted, has come to be quite frequently used. It is equal in precision to the antiquated and unwieldy Norman phrase, and far better adapt ed to the genius of our language.— Cestui que use. He for whose use and benefit lands or tenements are held by another. The cestui que use has the right to receive the profits and bene fits of the estate, but the legal title and posses sion (as well as the duty of defending the same) reside in the other.— Cestui que • vie. He whose life is the measure of the duration of an estate. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 88. The person for whose life any lands, tenements, or heredit aments are held. Cestuy que doit inheriter al pere doit inheriter al fils. He who would have been heir to the father of the deceased shall also be heir of the son. Fitzh. Abr. "Descent," 2; 2 BL Comm. 239, 250. CF. An abbreviated form of the Latin word confer, meaning "compare." Directs the reader's attention to another part of the work, to another volume, case, etc., where contrasted, analogous, or explanatory views or statements may be found. CH. This abbreviation most commonly stands for "chapter," or "chancellor," but it may also mean "chancery," or "chief."

CHACE. L, Fr. A chase or hunting ground. CHACEA. In old English law. A sta tion of game, more extended than a park, and less than a forest; also the liberty of chasing or hunting within a certain district; also the way through which cattle are driv en to pasture, otherwise called a "drove way." Blount. Chacea est ad oommnnem legem. A chase Is by common law. Reg. Brev. 806. CHACEABLE. L. Fr. That may be chased or hunted. CHACER. L. Fr. To drive, compel, or oblige; also to chase or hunt. CHACURUS. L. Lat. A horse for the chase, or a hound, dog, or courser. CHAFEWAX. An officer in the English chancery whose duty was to fit the wax to seal the writs, commissions, and other in struments thence issuing. The office was abolished by St 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87> § 23. CHAFFERS. An ancient term for goods, wares, and merchandise. CHAFFERY. Traffic; the practice of buying and selling. CHAIN. A measure used by engineers and surveyors, being twenty-two yards in length. CHAIN OF TITLE. A term applied metaphorically to the series of conveyances, or other forms of alienation, affecting a par ticular parcel of land, arranged consecutive ly, from the government or original source of title down to the present holder, each of the instruments included being called a "link." Payne v. Markle, 89 111. 69. CHAIRMAN. A name given to the pre siding officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES OF THE 'WHOLE HOUSE. In English parlia mentary practice. In the commons, this of ficer, always a member, is elected by the house on the assembling of every new par liament. When the house is In committee on bills introduced by the government, or_in committee of ways and means, or supply, or in committee to consider preliminary resolu tions, it is his duty to preside. CHALDRON, CHALDERN, or CHAL DEB. Twelve sacks of coals, each holding three bushels, weighing about a ton and a half. In Wales they reckon 12 barrels oi