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61. commū̆ne bench, ~ court phr.

Additional spellings: commune court
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A court held at Westminster for the settlement of ordinary civil suits; the Court of Common Pleas.

62. com(m)ū̆ne crēde phr.

Additional spellings: comune crede
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The Apostles' Creed [cp. commune adj. 7].

63. commū̆ne equitẹ̄ phr.

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Universal or natural right or justice [cp. commune adj. 7].

64. commū̆ne jūrǒur phr.

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A juror in the Court of Common Pleas [cp. commune bench].

65. commū̆ne laue phr.

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(a) The general or customary law of a country, the law of the land; (b) specif., the common law of England as administered in the King's courts; gon to or suen (at) the commune laue, go to (sue at)…

66. commū̆ne numbre phr.

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A common factor.

67. commū̆n(e plāce phr.

Additional spellings: commun place
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(a) The Court of Common Pleas, a superior court sitting at Westminster for the trial of civil actions between subjects; (b) a Roman establishment regarded as in some measure equivalent to an English…

68. commū̆ne right phr.

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Common or natural right or justice [cp. commune adj. 7].

69. commū̆n(e veine phr.

Additional spellings: commun veine
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The median vein.

70. commū̆n(e wēle phr.

Additional spellings: commune wele
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(a) The general welfare (of a country or community), the common good; (b) a commonwealth or its people.

71. commū̆n(e welthe phr.

Additional spellings: commun welthe
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(a) The general welfare (of a community); (b) a commonwealth.

72. commū̆n(e yēr phr.

Additional spellings: commune yer
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(a) A year of 12 lunations; (b) the tropical or sidereal year; (c) the civil (Julian) year.

73. conscript fadres phr.

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The senators (of Rome).

74. cǒntrẹ̄-ward adv. or phr.

Additional spellings: contreward
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to (til) contre-ward, to (one's) country or abode, homeward; to what contre-ward, to what country.

75. cōren bọ̄te phr.

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Choice repayment, singular revenge.

76. Corpus Christī phr.

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The Blessed Sacrament; Corpus Christi fest, fest of Corpus Christi, the feast of the Blessed Sacrament celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday; Corpus Christi plai, play performed in…

77. crispe malwe phr.

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A mallow with crinkly leaves; prob. the curled mallow Malva crispa.

78. culpes of the sē phr.

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Sea plants; ?kelp.

79. cūth-ūtlaghe phr. as n.

Additional spellings: cuthutlaghe
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Law One who harbors a known outlaw.

80. dai-light, daies light cpd. & phr.

Additional spellings: dailight, daies light
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(a) The light of daytime, daylight, sunlight; brod dai-light; (b) the light part of a natural day, daytime; bi, on dai-light, in daytime; (c) daybreak, dawn.