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The title of the empress bf Russia

The title of the emperor of Rus-sia, first assumed by Basil, the son of Basil-Ides, under whom the Russian power began to appear, abput 1740

UM. A chirograph, (which see.) *

In old English law. A cyrographer; an officer of the bano-us, or court of common bench. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 36.

A mulct andently pald by one who killed another, to the ktndred of tlie deceased. Spelman

or CYNE-GILD. The por-tlon belonging to the nation of the mulct for slaying the king, the other portion or were being due to his famlly. Blount

A measure of time; a space ln which the same revolutions begin again; -a periodical space of time. Enc. Lond

The chief officer of police or superintendent of markets in a large town or city ln India

In old

one who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common prac-tice when men wore thelr purses at tbeir girdles, as was once the custom, wharton

Sax. Known, knowing. Uncuth, unknown. See Couthutlauuh, Uncvni

In Hindu law. Corrupt-ed from Kachari. A court; a hall; au office; the place where any public business is transacted

(Lat Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheep-skin, .or wool-pelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as na-tive, with the exception that merchant stran-gers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

Lat. A custodian, guard, keep-er, or warden; a magistrate

A court of the Unlt-ed States, created by act of congress In 1909, to hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the revenue ofilcers in the imposition and collection of customs-duties. It is composed of a chief Judge and four as-sociates, and sits at washington

This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported. Story, Const. | 949; Pollock v. Trust Co., 158 U. S. 601, 15 Sup. Ct. 912, 39 L. Ed. 1108; Marriott v. Brune, 9 How. 632,13 L. Ed. 282

According to custom or usage; founded on, or growing out of, or dependent on, a custom, (q. v

In administrative law. Tbe house or office where commodities are entered for importation or exportation

In Engllsh law. A grant from the crowu under the exchequer seal, by which the custody of lands, etc., seis-ed in the king’s bauds, is demised or couimlt-ted to some person as custodee or lessee thereof, wharton

In the custody of the law. Stockwell v. Robinson, 9 Houst (Del.) 313, 32 Ati. 528

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In Roman law. Guard-dians; observers; inspectors. Persons who

writs for the admitting and removing of guardians

Costs.

A term used ln Hiiulostnn for the discount or allowance made in the exchange of rupees, in contradistinction to batta, which Is the sum deducted. Enc. Loud

A curtilage; the area or space within the lnclosure of a dwelling-house. Spelmau

The Inclosed space of ground aud buildings Immediately surround-lug a dwelling-house

The estate to which by com-xuon law a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands or tenements of whicli she was seised in possession iu fee-simple or ln tail during her coverture, provided they have bad lawful issue born alive which might have been capable of inheriting the estate. It […]

An Inferior officer of the pa-pal court

In old records. A ridge. Cur-sones terra, ridges of land. Cowell

Clerks in the chancery of-flce, whose duties consisted in drawing up those writs which were of course, de cures, whence their name. They were abolished by St. 5 & 6 wm. IV. c. 82. Spence, Eq. Jur. 238 ; 4 lnst. 82

An officer of the court of exchequer, who is a pointed by pat-ent under the grent seal to be one of the barons of the exchequer. The ofiice was abol-ished by St. 19 & 20 VicL c. 86

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The year; of the course of a year; the set of studies for a particular period, appointed by a university

Colued money aud such bank-notes or other paper money as are au-thorissed by lnw aud do in fact circulate from imiid to hand as the medium of exchange. Griswold v. Hepburn, 2 Duv. (Ky.) 33; Leonard v. State, 115 Aia. 80, 22 South. 564; insurance Co. v. Keiron, 27 HI. 505; Insur-ance Co. v. Kupfer, […]

In old English law. A ineas-ure containing four bushels or half a quarter of corn. Cowell; Blount

In Scotch law. Curtesy. Also the privileges, prerogatives, or, perhaps, retinue, of a court

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In ecclesiastical law. The ecclesiastical or spiritual charge of a parish, including the usual and regular duties of a miuister ln charge. State v. Bray, 35 N. Q 290

The rectification or rendering nugatory of a defect in the pleadings by the rendition of a verdict; the court will presume, after a verdict, that the particular thing omitted or defectively stated in the pleadings was duly proved at the .trial. State v. Keena, 63 Conn. 329, 28 Atl. 522; Alford v. Baker, 53 Ind. […]

The office of a curator. Curatorship differs from tutorship, (q. v.,) in this; that the latter is instituted for the protection of property in the first place, and, secondly, of the person; while the for-mer is Intended to protect, first, the person, and secondly, the property. 1 Lec. EL Dr. Civ. Rom. 24L

In tbe civU law. A person who is appointed to take care of any-thing for another. A guardian, one ap-pointed to take care of the estate of a minor above a certaiu age, a lunatic, a spendthrift, or other person not regarded by the law us competent to administer it for himself. The

In the civil law. The power or duty of managing the property of him who, either on account of infancy or some defect of mind or body, cannot manage his own affairs. The duty of a curator or guard-ian. Calvin

In French law. A person charged with supervising the administration of the affairs of an emancipated minor, of giving him advice, and assisting him in the important acts of such administration. Duverger

In ecclesiastical law. Prop-erly, an incumbent who has the cure of souls, but uow generally restricted to signify the spiritual assistant of a rector or vicar in his cure. An officiating temporary minister iu the Epglish church, who represents the prop-er incumbent; being regularly employed ei-ther to serve ln hls absence or as hls as-sistant, […]

one who takes care of a thing

Lat Care: charge; oversight: guardianship

In old English law. A kind of trial, as appears from Bract, lib

A coiner. Du Cange. Cu-ncare, to coiu. Cuneus, the die with which to coin. Cuneata, coined. Du Cange; Spel

Additional; heaping up; Increasing; forming an aggregate. The word signifies that two things are to be added together, instead of oue being a repetition or ln substitution of the other. People v. Su-perior Court, 10 wend. (N. Y.) 285; Regina v. Eastern Archipelago Co., 18 Eng. Law & Eq. 183