Contestatio Sitis eget terminos contradictarios. An issue requires terms of contradiction (that is, there, can be no issue without an affirmative on one side and a negative on the other). Jenk. Cent. 117. Contra Segem tacit qui id tacit quod lex prohibit; in fraudem vero qui, salvis verbis Sepia, sententiam ejus circumvent. He acts contrary to the law who does what the law prohibits ; but he acts in fraud of the law who, the letter of the law being in violate, uses the law contrary to its intention. Dig. 1. 3. 29.
Contra negantem principia non ,est disputalidum. There is no disputing against one who denies prin ciples. Co. Litt. 43 ; Grounds & Rud. of Law 57. Contra non valentem agere nulla currit prcescrip tio. No prescription runs against a person unable to act. Broom, Max. 903; Evans Pothier 451. Contra veritatem, lex nunquam aliquid pennittit. The law never suffers anything contrary to truth. 2 Inst. 252. (But sometimes it allows a conclusive presumption in opposition to truth.) Contractatio ref aliens' animo furandi, est fur tum. The touching or removing of another's prop erty, with an intention of stealing, is theft. Jenk. Cent. 132.
oonfractus ex turpi causa, vel contra bonds mores nullus est. A contract founded on an unlawful con sideration or against good morals is null. Hob. 167 : Dig. 2. 14. 27. 4.
Contractus Segem ex conventione accipiunt. The agreement of the parties makes the law of the con tract. • Dig. 16. 3. 1. 6.
Contrariorum contraries est ratio. The reason of contrary things is contrary. Hob. 344.
Conventio privatorum non potest public° juri derogare. An agreement of private persons cannot derogate from public right. Wing. Max. 201; Co. Litt. 166 a ; Dig. 60. 17. 45. 1.
Conventio vincit legem. The agreement of the parties overrides the law. Story, Ag. ˘ 368 ; 6 Taunt. 430 ; 62 Pa. 96 ; 18 Pick. (Mass.) 19, 273 ; 8 Cush. (Mass.) 156; 14 Gray (Mass.) 446. See Dig. 16. 3. 1. 6.
Copulatio verborum indicat acceptationem in eodem sensu Coupling words together shows that they ought to be understood in the same sense. Bacon, Max. Reg. 3; Broom, Max. 588; 8 Allen (Mass.) 85 ; 11 id. 470.
Corporalis injuria non recipit wstimationem de futuro. A personal injury does not receive satis faction from a future course of proceeding. Bacon, Max. Reg. 6 ; 3 How. St. Tr. 71 ; Broom, Max. 278. Corpus humanum non recipit cestirnationern. A
human body is not susceptible of appraisement. Hob. 69.
Corruptio optimi pessima. Used by Holmes, J., in 221 U. S. 263, 31 Sup. Ct. 655, 66 L. Ed. 729, to in dicate that the application of sound principles should not be turned to support a conclusion man ifestly improper.
Crpditorum appellation non hi tantum accipiun tur qui pecuniam orediderunt, sed omnes quibus ex qualibet causa debetur. Under the head of creditors are included not alone those who have lent money, but all to whom from any cause a debt is owing. Did. 50. 16. 11.
Crescents malitia crescere debet et pcena. The evil intent increasing, punishment ought also to in crease. 2 Inst. 479, n.
Crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cool non fuerit ad hoc data auctoritas, de 00110 regis ratio vet invento brevia cartasve consignaverit. The crimen falsi is when any one illicitly, to whom power has not been given for such purposes, has signed writs or grants with the king's seal, which he has either stolen or found. Pieta, 1. 1. c. 23. Crimea Some majestatis omnia aSia crimina ex cedit quoad pcenam. The crime of treason exceeds all other crimes as far as its punishment is con cerned. 3 Inst. 210 ; Bart. Max. 108.
Crimen omnia ex se nate vitiat. Crime vitiates everything which springs from it. 6 Hill (N. Y.) 623.
Crimen trahit personam. The crime brings with it the person 4. e. the commission of a crime gives the courts of the place where it is committed juris diction over the person of the offender). 3 Denio (N. Y.) 190, 210.
Crimina morte extinguuntur. Crimes are extin guished by death.
Cui jurisdictio data est, ea quoque concessa esse videntur sine quibus jurisdictio explicari non po test. To whom jurisdiction is given, to him those things also are held to he granted without which the jurisdiction cannot be exercised. Dig. 2, 1, 2 ; 1 Woodd. Lect. Introd. lxxi. ; 1 Kent 339.
Cui jus est donandi cidem et vendendi et conce dendi jus est. He who has a right to give has also a right to sell and to grant. Dig. 60. 17. 163.
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere. He who has authority to the more im portant act shall not be debarred from doing that of less importance. 4 Coke 23 ; Co. Litt. 355 b ; 2 Inst. 307 ; Noy, Max. 26 ; Finch, Law 22 ; 3 Mod. 382, 392 ; Broom, Max. 176 ; Dig. 50. 70. 21.