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  clinch,vb. Parliamentary law. To preclude further action on (an adopted motion or series of motions) by moving at once for reconsideration and then defeating that motion. • The clincher motion in a legislative body usu. takes the form of a motion to “reconsider and lay on the table [the motion to reconsider].” Since the…

Clifford trust.See TRUST. [Blacks Law 8th]

client trust account.A bank account, usu. interest-bearing, in which a lawyer deposits money belonging to a client (e.g., money received from a client’s debtor, from the settlement of a client’s case, or from the client for later use in a business transaction). — Also termed trust account. [Blacks Law 8th]

  client state.See STATE. [Blacks Law 8th]

client’s privilege.See attorney–client privilege under PRIVILEGE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

client-security fund.See FUND(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

clientela (klI-<<schwa>>n-tee-l<<schwa>>), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. Clientship; the relationship between a cliens and a patron. 2. A person’s dependents. [Blacks Law 8th]

client,n. A person or entity that employs a professional for advice or help in that professional’s line of work. — cliental,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

cliens (klI-enz), n. [Latin “client”] Roman law. A dependent; a person who depended on another for defense in suits at law and other difficulties. • A cliens was often a freed slave or immigrant. Pl. clientes (klI-en-teez). [Blacks Law 8th]

click-wrap license.See POINT-AND-CLICK AGREEMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]