CORFU cT.— Used legally to Indicate the oppOsition existing between the laws of various jurisdictions when an effort is made to apply them in reference to each other.
CowvomoN.— A term used in civil law to denote the extinc tion of an obligation owing to the fact that the two persons necessary to its continuance have become one person, as when one has become the heir of the other, etc.
Comma.— Used in civil law to indicate a person who has a mutual interest with another in an enterprise or obligation.
Ccersivamcm— The act of a secret understanding with another; usually employed in relation to a wrongful act.
A term used in law to denote the remu neration that a contracting party accepts in exchange for something else or in return for a service rendered. 'A "concurrent consideration" is a consideration received at the time of the making of the agreement; an "executed consideration" is one previously received; an "executory consideration," one to be received at a date subsequent to the agreement. The term "good consideration" is used to define that natural love and affection which is usually considered an adequate motive for the transfer of p.p. ty without a valuable equivalent, except as against cr-itors. ' A 'valuable consideration" is an equivalent that must be admitted to be of pecuniary value. "Want of consider ation" is the lack of any equivalent whatever, and "failure of consideration" denotes that an apparently good equiva lent has afterward become worthless. See MANDATE. .
CONSOLIDATION.— Used in civil law to denote the merging of the profit of land with the property.
Consraucriow.— (a) Used to denote an intelligent reading with inch explanations as may be necessary to deism the meaning of the text; (b) when uncertainty exists as to the 'actual intent of an instrument; any altered reading of the text designed to show its proper application is also termed a "Construction." Coirrimar.— A term usually applied to define the disobe dience to, or open disrespect for, a court or legislative assemblage that has come to be known as "contempt hi court," an offense that may be committed either in or outside of the courtroom, and which is punishable by commitment to prison or by the imposition of a fine. The term "constructive contempt" is applied when the offense, while not committed in the presence of the court, is• of • such 'a 'character that'the law is obliged' to take cognisance of it, whether it was performed intentionally or not. Any wilful or aggressive disobedience or disorder is termed "criminal contempt," while an act committed in the presence of the court is known as • "direct contempt." • A person who has been committed for this act against the dignity of the judiciary, and who has' not purged himself therefrom, is said to be "in contempt."