111. Character Witness

A person who testifies testifies in a trial on behalf of a person (usually a criminal defendant) as to that person's good ethical qualities and morality both by the personal knowledge of the witness and the person's reputation in the community.

112. Change Of Circumstances

The principal reason for a court modifying (amending) an existing order for the payment of alimony and/or child support. The change may be an increase or decrease in the income of either the party obligated to pay or the ex-spouse receiving payment, or the health, the employment, or needs of either party.

113. Chancery

114. Chancellor

From the Old English legal system, a chancellor is a judge who sits in what is called a chancery (equity) court with the power to order something be done (as distinguished from just paying damages).

115. Champerty

An agreement between the party suing in a lawsuit and another person, usually an attorney, who agrees to finance and carry the lawsuit in return for a percentage of the recovery.

116. Chambers

The private office of a judge, usually close to the courtroom so that the judge can enter the court from behind the bench and not encounter people on the way.

117. Challenge For Cause

A request that a prospective juror be dismissed because there is a specific and forceful reason to believe the person cannot be fair, unbiased or capable of serving as a juror.

118. Challenge

The right of each attorney in a jury trial to request that a juror be excused. There may be a "challenge for cause" on the basis the juror had admitted prejudice or shows some obvious conflict of interest.

119. Chain Of Title

The succession of title ownership to real property from the present owner back to the original owner at some distant time.

120. Cestui Que Use

 An old fashioned term for a person who benefits from assets held in a trust for the beneficiary's use. The term "beneficiary" is now used instead.