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class,n.1. A group of people, things, qualities, or activities that have common characteristics or attributes <a class of common-stock shares> <the upper-middle class>.protected class.A class of people who benefit from protection by statute, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, or religion. [Cases:…

Clarity. An international association of lawyers and other professionals who advocate plain language in legal and official documents. • Founded in 1983, it has members in more than 25 countries and a system of country representatives. It publishes a journal called Clarity. [Blacks Law 8th]

clare constat (klair-ee kon-stat). [Law Latin] Scots law. It clearly appears. • The phrase appeared in reference to a precept, later a writ, for the grant of seisin to a vassal’s heir, so called because the opening lines in the declaration stated that it clearly appeared that the grantee was the proper heir. “A Precept of…

clandestine marriage.See MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

clandestine (klan-des-tin), adj. Secret or concealed, esp. for illegal or unauthorized purposes. [Blacks Law 8th]

clamor. 1.Hist. A lawsuit; a claim. 2.HUE AND CRY(1).3.Civil law. A claimant. 4.Civil law. The thing claimed from another. [Blacks Law 8th]

clameur de haro (klah-m<<schwa>>r dah-roh). [French] An outcry recognized in the Channel Islands as a protest against trespass to land. • The clameur de haro is a legal remnant of when the Duchy of Normandy held the islands before England took control in the 13th century. The victim’s cry of haro (repeated 3 times) is…

clamea admittenda in itinere per  attornatum   (klay-mee-<<schwa>> ad-m<<schwa>>-ten-d<<schwa>> in I-tin-<<schwa>>-ree p<<schwa>>r <<schwa>>-tor-nay-t<< schwa>>m). [Latin “claim to be admitted at the eyre by an attorney”] Hist. A writ from the king commanding the justices in eyre to permit by attorney the claim of a person employed in the king’s service who cannot attend court in…

clam (klam), adv.[Latin] Roman & civil law. Secretly; covertly. • Under Roman law, an act (such as occupying or altering the condition of someone else’s property) was committed clam when it was done with the intent to conceal it in an effort to avoid liability. See INTERDICTUM QUOD VI AUT CLAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim the floor.Parliamentary law. To address the chair for the purpose of being recognized as entitled to speak. See FLOOR(1)[Blacks Law 8th].