CHRISTIAN (PROPERTY/SLAVE) by NAME
- CHRISTIANITATIS CURIA: The court Christian. An ecclesiastical court, as opposed to a civil or lay tribunal. Cowell. See, also, Court Christian.
- COURT CHRISTIAN: The ecclesiastical courts
in England are often so called, as distinguished from the civil courts. 1 Bl. Comm. 83; 3 Bl. Comm. 64; 3 Steph. Comm. 430.
- CHRISTIAN NAME: The baptismal name as distinct from the surname. Stratton v. Foster, 11 Me. 467. The name which is given one after his birth or at baptism, or is afterward assumed by him in addition to his family name. Badger Lumber Co. v. Collinson, 97 Kan. 791, 156 P. 724, 725.
- NAME: The designation of an individual person, or of a firm or corporation. Riley v. Litchfield, 168 Iowa 187, 150 N.W. 81, 83, Ann.Cas.1917B, 172.
A person's "name" consists of one or more Christian or given names and one surname or family name. Blakeney v. Smith, 183 Miss. 151, 183 So. 920, 921. It is the distinctive characterization in words by which one is known and distinguished from others, - and description, or abbreviation, is not the equivalent of a "name." Putnam v. Bessom, 291 Mass. 217, 197 N.E. 147, 148. Custom gives one" his father's family name, and such prxnomina as his parents choose to put before it, but this is only general rule, from which individual may, depart, if he choose. In re" Cohen, 142 Misc. 852, 255 N.Y.S. 616, 617.
As to the history of Christian names and surnames and their use and relative importance in law, see In re Snook, 2 Hilt., N.Y., 566.
BLACK CODE
A name given collectively to the body of laws, statutes, and rules in force in various southern states prior to 1865, which regulated the institution of slavery, and particularly those forbidding their reception at public inns and on public conveyances. Civil Rights Cases, 3 S.Ct. 18, 109 U.S. 3, 27 L.Ed. 835.
CODE
A collection, compendium or revision of laws. Chumbley v. People's Bank & Trust Co., 60 S.W.2d 164, 166,. 166 Tenn. 35. A complete system of positive law, scientifically arranged, and promulgated by legislative authority. Abbott; a system of rules. Wilentz v. Crown Laundry Service, 172 A. 331, 332, 116 N.J.Eq. 40. Any systematic body of law. Wall v. Close, 14 So.2d 19, 26, 203 La. 345.
A "Code" implies compilation of existing laws, systematic arrangement into chapters, subheads, table of contents, and index, and revision to harmonize 'conflicts, supply omissions, and generally clarify and make complete body of laws designed to regulate completely subjects to which they relate. Gibson v. State, 214 Ala. 38, 106 So. 231, 35:
The collection of laws *and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of "The Code," by way of eminence. See Code of Justinian. A code is to be distinguished from a digest. Digests of statutes consist of a collection of existing statutes, while a code is promulgated as one new law covering the whole field of jurisprudence.
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