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construction contract.See CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

construction bond.See BOND(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

construction,n.1. The act of building by combining or arranging parts or elements; the thing so built. 2. The act or process of interpreting or explaining the sense or intention of a writing (usu. a constitution, statute, or instrument); the ascertainment of a document’s meaning in accordance with judicial standards. [Cases: Contracts  143; Statutes  174–278.C.J.S. Contracts §…

constitutum  possessorium  (kon-sti-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>m pah-ses-sor-ee-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “possessory agreement”] Roman law. 1. A type of constructive delivery in which mediate possession is transferred while the immediate control or custody remains in the transferor. 2. The agreement by which this transfer is brought about. • In the context of a security interest, the pledged property may remain in…

constitutum debiti proprii (kon-sti-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>m deb-<<schwa>>-tIproh-pree-I).[Latin “debt agree-ment”] Roman law. See CONSTITUTUM(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutum debiti alieni (kon-sti-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>m deb-<<schwa>>-tIay-lee-<<schwa>>-nI). [Latin “debt agreement”] Roman law. See CONSTITUTUM(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutum debiti  (kon-sti-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>m   deb-<<schwa>>-tI).  [Latin    “debt agreement”] Roman law. See CONSTITUTUM(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

constitutum (kon-sti-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>m), n. [Latin “agreed arrangement”] Roman law. 1. An agreement to pay an existing debt, either one’s own or another’s, on a fixed day. • A constitutum was not a novation; the creditor could still sue the original debtor. It differed from a stipulation because it had to be for an existing debt. If…

constitutor (kon-st<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin “an orderer, arranger”] Roman law. A person who, by agreement, becomes responsible for the payment of another’s debt. [Blacks Law 8th]

Constitutions of Clarendon.Hist. A 12th-century statement of customary law, produced during the reign of Henry II, intended to limit the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts and narrow the clergy’s exemption from secular justice. “During the first half of the twelfth century the claims of the church were growing, and the duty of asserting them passed…