831. Corporation
a legal entity, created under the authority of a statute, which permits a group of people, as shareholders, to apply to the government for an independent organization to be created, which then pursues set objectives, and is empowered with legal rights usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money
832. Corporal Punishment
a punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body
833. Corollary Relief
relief sought from a Court which is incidental or consequential to another principal relief
834. Coroner
a public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths
835. Copyright
the exclusive right to produce or reproduce (copy), to perform in public or to publish an original literary or artistic work, pursuant to a statute usually called the Copyright Act, or some similar name
836. Coparcenary
an obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was no will, always went to the eldest son.
837. Co-operative
a group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated purpose either in regards to the public at-large or in regards to the common interests of the members
838. Conviction
the formal decision of a criminal trial which finds the accused guilty
839. Conveyance
a written document which transfers property from one person to another, usually real property
840. Conversion
a legal action against a person who found and converted someone else's property to his own use