KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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CHECK

CHILD

CHICANE.

much money in the hands of the bankers to the holder of the check, to remain there until called for, and cannot after notice be withdrawn by the drawer. Merchants' Nat. Bank v. State Nat. Bank, 10 Wall. 647, 19 L. Ed. 1008; In re Brown, 4 Fed. Cas. 342: People v. Compton, 123 Cal. 403, 56 Pac. 44. —Check-book. A book containing blank checks on a particular bank or banker, with an inner margin, called a "stub," on which to note the number of each check, its amount and date, and the payee's name, and a memorandum of the balance in bank.— Crossed check. A check crossed with two lines, between which are either the name of a bank or the words "and company," in full or abbreviated. In the former case, the banker on whom it is drawn must not pay the money for the check to any other than the bank er named; in the latter case, he must not pay it to any other than a banker. 2 Steph. Comm. IIS, note c.— Memorandum check. A check given by a borrower to a lender, for the amount of a short loan, with the understanding that it is not to be presented at the bank, but will be redeemed by the maker himself when the loan falls due. This understanding is evidenced by writing the word "Mem." on the check. This is not unusual among merchants. See U. S. v. Is ham, 17 Wall. 502, 21 I* Ed. 728; Turnbull v. Osborne, 12 Abb. Prac. (N. S.) (N. Y.) 202: Franklin Bank v. Freeman, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 539. CHEFE. In Anglo-Norman law. Were or weregild; the price of the head or person, {capitis pretium.) CHEMEBAGE. In old French law. The privilege or prerogative of the eldest A pro vincial term derived from ohender, (q. v.) Guyot, Inst. CHEMIEB. In old French law. The eld est born. A term used in Poitou and other places. Guyot, Inst. CHEMIN. Fr. The road wherein every man goes; the king's highway. CHEMIS. In old Scotch law. A chier dwelling or mansion house. CHEVAGE. A sum of money paid by vil leins to their lords in acknowledgment of their bondage. Chevage seems also to have been used for a sum of money yearly given to a man of power for his countenance and protection as a chief or leader. Termes de la Ley; Cowell. CHEVANTIA. In old records. A loan or advance of money upon credit. Cowell. CHEVISANCE. An agreement or com position; an end or order set down between a creditor or debtor; an indirect gain In point of usury, etc.; also an unlawful bargain or contract Wharton. CHEVITI.aE. In old records. Pieces of ground, or heads at the end of Dlowed lands Cowell. CHEZE. A homestead or homesfall which is accessory to a house. CHECKER. The old Scotch form of ex chequer.

Swindling; shrewd cunning.

The use of tricks and artifice.

CHIEF. Principal; leading; head; emi nent in power or importance; the most im portant or valuable of several. Declaration in chief is a declaration for the principal cause of action. 1 Tidd, Pr. 419. Examination in chief is the first exam ination of a witness by the party who pro duces him. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 445. —Chief baron. The presiding judge of the English court of exchequer; answering to the chief justice of other courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 44; 3 Steph. Comm. 401.— Chief Clerk. The prin cipal clerical officer of a bureau or department, who is generally charged, subject to the direc tion of his superior officer, with the superintend ence of the administration of the business of the office.— Chief judge. The judge of the London bankruptcy court is so called. In general, the term is equivalent to "presiding justice" or "pre siding magistrate." Bean v. Loryea, 81 CaL 151, 22 Pac. 513.— Chief justice. The presid ing, eldest, or principal judge of a court of jus tice.— Chief justice of England. The pre siding judge in the king's bench division of the high court of justice, and, in the absence of the lord chancellor, presidents the high court, and also an ex officio judge of the court of appeals. The full title is "Lord Chief Justice of England." —Chief justice of the common pleas. In England. The presiding judge in the court of common pleas, and afterwards in the common pleas division of the high court of justice, and one of the ex officio judges of the high court of appeal.— Chief justiciar. In old English law. A high judicial officer and special magistrate, who presided over the aula regis of the Norman kings, and who was also the principal minister of state, the second man in the kingdom, and, by virtue of his office, guardian of the realm in the king's absence. 3 Bl. Comm. 38.— Chief lord. The immediate lord of the fee. to whom the tenants were directly and personally respon sible.— Chief magistrate. The head of the executive department of government of a nation, state, or municipal corporation. Mclntire v. Ward, 3 Yeates (Pa.) 424.— Chief pledge. The borsholder, or chief of the borough. Spelman. —Chief rents. In English law. Were the an nual payments of freeholders of manors; and were also called "quit-rents," because by paying them the tenant was freed from all other rents or services. 2 Bl. Comm. 42.— Chief, tenant in. In English feudal law. All the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediate ly or immediately of the king, who was styled the "Lord Paramount," or "Lord Above All;" and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity, were called his tenants "in capite" or "in chief," which was the most honorable species of tenure, but at the same time subjected the tenant to greater and more burdensome services than inferior tenures did. Brown.

CHIEFRIE.

In feudal law. A small rent

paid to the lord paramount

CHILD. This word has two meanings In law: (1) In the law of the domestic rela tions, and as to descent and distribution, It is used strictly as the correlative of "parent" and means a son or daughter considered as in relation with the father or mother. (2) In the law of negligence, and in laws for the protection of children, etc., it is used as the