Clausulas inconsuetee scraper inducunt sizspicio nem. Unusual clauses always arouse suspicion. 3 Co. 81 ; Broom, Max. 290 ; 1 Sm. L. Cas. 1.
Cogitationis remain nemo meretur. No one is punished for his thoughts.
Cogitationis pcenam nemo patitur. No one is punished for his thoughts. Broom, Max. 311; Jurispr. 639.
Cohceredes una persona censentur, propter utlitatem juris quod habent. Coheirs are deemed as one persob, on account of the unity of right which they possess. Co. Litt. 163.
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet, et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum quees tum convertendum. Commerce, by the law of na tions, ought be common, and not to be converted into a monopoly and the private gain of a few. 3 Inst. 181, in marg.
Commodum ex injuria sue non habere debet. A man ought not to derive any benefit from his own wrong. Jenk. Cent. 161; Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 62. Common opinion is good authority in law. Co. Litt. 186 a.
Communis error facit jus. A common error makes law. (What was at first illegal is presumed, when repeated many times, to have acquired the force of usage ; and then it would be wrong to depart from it.) 4 Inst. 240 ; Broom, Max. 139, 140 ; 1 Ld. Raym. 42 ; 6 Cl. & F. 172 ; 3 M. & S. 396 ; 4 N. H. 458 ; 2 Mass. 357 ; 1 Dall. (U. S.) 13, 1 L. Ed. 15. The converse of this maxim is communis error non facit jus. A common error does not make law. 4 Inst. 242 ; 3 Term, 725 ; 6 id. 564.
Compendia sunt dispendia. Abridgments are hindrances. Co. Litt. 305.
Compromissarii sunt judtces. Arbitrators are judges. Jenk. Cent. 128, Concessio per regem /Seri debot de certitudine. A grant by the king ought to be a grant of a certain ty. 9 Coke 46.
Concessio versus concedentem latam interpretat ionem habere debet. A grant ought to have a lib eral interpretation against the grantor. Jenk. Cent. 279.
Concordare loges legibus est optimus modus. To make laws agree with other laws is the best mode of interpreting 'them. Halkers. 70. Conditio beneficialis, quo statum eonstruit, be nign secUndum verborum intentionem est inter pretanda ; odiosa autem, guts statum destruit, striate, secundum verborum proprietatem, accipi encla. A beneficial condition, which creates an es
tate, ought to be construed favorably according to the intention of the words ; but an odious condition, which destroys an estate, ought to be construed strictly, according to the letter. 8 Co. 90; Shep. Touch. 134.
Conditio dicitur, cum quid in casum incertum qui potest tendere ad me aut non ease confertur. It is called a condition when something Is given on an uncertain event which may or may not come into existence. Co. Litt. 201.
Conditio illicita habetur pro non adjecta. An un lawful condition is deemed as not annexed.
Conditio prescedens adimpleri debet priusquam sequatur effectus. A condition precedent must be fulfilled before the effect can follow. Co. Litt. 201.
COnditiones qucelibet °clime; maxime autem con tra matrimonium et commereium. Any conditions are odious, but especially those against matrimony and commerce. Lofft 644.
Con fessio facto Rn judicio omni probatione major est. A confession made In court Is of greater effect than any proof. Jenk. Cent. 102.
Confessus in judicio pro judicato habetur et quo dammodo sue sententia damnatur. A person who has confessed in court is deemed to have had judg ment passed upon him, and, in a manner, is con demned by his own sentence. 11 Co. 30. See Dig. 42. 2. 1.
Confirmare est id quod Arius infirmum fuit simul ftrmare. To confirm is to make firm what before was not firm. Co. Litt. 295.
Confirmare nemo potest priusquam jus ei ac ciderit. No one can confirm before the right accrues to him. 10 Co. 48.
Confirmat usum 'qui tollit abusum. He confirms a use who removes an abuse. F. Moore 764.
Confirmatio est nulla, ubi donum priecedens est invaliclum. A confirmation is null where the pre ceding gift is invalid. Co. Litt. 295; F. Moors 764.
Confirmatio (Jinxes supplet defectut, lieet id quod actum est ab initio non valuit. Confirmation sup plies all defects, though that which has been done was not valid at the beginning. Co. Litt. 295 b.