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CIF.abbr.COST, INSURANCE, AND FREIGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]

CID.abbr.CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND. [Blacks Law 8th]

CIA.abbr.CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. [Blacks Law 8th]

churning,n.1.Securities. A stockbroker’s excessive trading of a customer’s account to earn more commissions rather than to further the customer’s interests; an abuse of a customer’s confidence for personal gain by frequent and numerous transactions, disproportionate to the size and nature of the customer’s account. • Under securities laws, the practice is illegal — a violation…

churn, burn, and bury,vb. (Of a stockbroker) to make numerous risky trades in (an account) and, as a result, squander the customer’s money. • The term denotes the action involved in particularly reckless churning [Blacks Law 8th]

churl (ch<<schwa>>rl). See CEORL.[Blacks Law 8th]

church rates.Hist. Eccles. law. A tax levied on parishioners by churchwardens and other representatives of the parish to raise funds for the repair and maintenance of the parish church. • The power to set and collect such taxes was abolished in England in 1868. [Blacks Law 8th]

church law.See CANON LAW(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

church court.See ecclesiastical court under COURT.[Blacks Law 8th]

Christian name.See personal name under NAME. [Blacks Law 8th]