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COMPRA Y VENTA

COMPLETE, adj. 1. Full; entire; in cluding every item or element of the thing spoken of, without omissions or deficiencies; as, a "complete" copy, record, schedule, or transcript Yeager v. Wright, 112 Ind. 230, 13 N. E. 707; Anderson v. Ackerman, 88 Ind. 490; Bailey v. Martin, 119 Ind. 103, 21 N. E. 346. 2. Perfect; consummate; not lacking in any element or particular; as in the case of a "complete legal title" to land, which includes the possession, the right of posses sion, and the right of property. Dingey v. Paxton, 60 Miss. 1054; Ehle v. Quacken boss, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 537. One who is united with others in an ill design; an associate; a con federate; an accomplice. Sound of mind. Having use and control of one's mental fac ulties. Si fuit ita compos sui quod itinerare potuit de loco in locum, if he had so far the use of his limbs as to be able to travel from place to place. Bract, fol. 14&. The ordinance of measures. The title of an an cient ordinance, not printed, mentioned in the statute 23 Hen. VIII. c. 4; establishing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Oomm. 275. COMPLICE. COMPOS MENTIS. COMPOS SUI. Having the use of one's limbs, or the 'power of bodily motion. COMPOSITIO MENSURARUM. COMPOSITIO UMTARUM ET PER TICARUM. The statute of ells and perch es. The title of an English statute establish ing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Comm. 275. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between an insolvent or embarrassed debtor and his creditors, whereby the latter, for the sake of immediate payment, agree to accept a div idend less than the whole amount of their claims, to be distributed pro rata, in dis charge and satisfaction of the whole. Bank v. McGeoch, 92 Wis. 286, 66 N. W. 606; Crossley v. Moore, 40 N. J. Law, 27; Craw ford v. Krueger, 201 Pa. 348, 50 Atl. 931; In re Merriman's Estate, 17 Fed. Cas. 131; Chapman v. Mfg. Co., 77 Me. 210; In re Ad ler (D. C.) 103 Fed. 444. "Composition" should be distinguished from "accord." The latter properly denotes an ar rangement between a debtor and a single cred itor for a discharge of the obligation by a part payment or on different terms. The former designates an arrangement between a debtor and the whole body of his creditors (or at least a considerable proportion of them) for the liquida tion of their claims by the dividend offered. In ancient law. Among the Franks, Goths, Burgundians, and other barbarous COMPOSITION.

peoples, this was the name given to a sum of money paid, as satisfaction for a wrong or personal injury, to the person harmed, or to his family if he died, by the aggressor. It was originally made by mutual agreement of the parties, but afterwards established by law, and took the place of private physi cal vengeance. —Composition deed. An agreement embody ing the terms of a composition between a debtor and his creditors.— Composition in bank ruptcy. An arrangement between a bankrupt and his creditors, whereby the amount he can be expected to pay is liquidated, and he is al lowed to retain his assets, upon condition of his making the payments agreed upon.— Composi tion of matter. In patent law. A mixture or chemical combination of materials. Good year v. Railroad Co., 10 Fed. Cas. 664; Cahill v. Brown, 4 Fed. Cas. 1005; Jacobs v. Baker, 7 Wall. 295, 19 D. Ed. 200— Composition of tithes, or real composition. This arises in English ecclesiastical law, when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the in cumbent of a benefice, with the consent of the ordinary and the patron, that the lands shall, for the future, be discharged from payment of tithes, by reason of some land or other real recompense given in lieu and satisfaction there of. 2 Bl. Comm. 28; 3 Steph. Comm. 129. COMPOUND, v. To compromise; to ef fect a composition with a creditor; to ob tain discharge from a debt by the payment of a smaller sum. Bank v. Malheur Coun ty, 30 Or. 420, 45 Pac. 781, 35 L. R. A. 141; Haskins v. Newcomb, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 405; Pennell v. Rhodes, 9 Q. B. 114. Interest up on interest, i. e., when the interest of a sum of money is added to the principal, and then bears interest, which thus becomes a sort of secondary principal. Camp v. Bates, 11 Conn. 487; Woods v. Rankin, 2 Heisk. (Tenn.) 46; U. S. Mortg. Co. v. Sperry (C. C.) 26 Fed. 730. The maker of a composition, generally called the "amicable compounder." The of fense committed by a person who, having been directly injured by a felony, agrees with the criminal that he will not prosecute him, on condition of the latter's making rep aration, or on receipt of a reward or bribe not to prosecute. The offense of taking a reward for for bearing to prosecute a felony; as where a party robbed takes his goods again, or other amends, upon an agreement not to prose cute. Watson v. State, 29 Ark. 299; Com. v. Pease, 16 Mass. 91. COMPRA Y VENTA. In Spanish law. Purchase and sale. COMPOUND INTEREST. COMPOUNDER. In Louisiana. COMPOUNDING A FELONY. COMPOTARIUS. In old English law. A party accounting. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 71, i 17.