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Cestui
Cestuy Ces"tuy or Cestui Ces"tui, pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust[norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. --Wharton. Cestuy que use[Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.
Cestus
Cestus Ces"tus, n. [L. caestus, and cestus.] (Antiq.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
Cestus
Cestus Ces"tus, n. [L. cestus girdle, Gr. ?, lit., stitched, embroidered.] 1. (Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.
Cestus Veneris
Cestus Ces"tus, n. [L. cestus girdle, Gr. ?, lit., stitched, embroidered.] 1. (Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.
Cestuy
Cestuy Ces"tuy or Cestui Ces"tui, pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust[norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. --Wharton. Cestuy que use[Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.
Cestuy que trust
Cestuy Ces"tuy or Cestui Ces"tui, pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust[norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. --Wharton. Cestuy que use[Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.
Cestuy que use
Cestuy Ces"tuy or Cestui Ces"tui, pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust[norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. --Wharton. Cestuy que use[Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.

Meaning of Cestu from wikipedia

- Look up cestus or κεστός in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cestus (Ancient Gr****: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant...
- A cestus or caestus (classical Latin: [ˈkae̯stʊs], Ancient Gr****: Kεστός) is a battle glove that was sometimes used in Roman gladiatorial events. It was...
- Atrytonopsis cestus, the cestus skipper, is a species of gr**** skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA or Hodges number for Atrytonopsis cestus is...
- Happy Journey (Czech: Šťastnou cestu) is a 1943 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. The film featured four leading actresses of 1940s Czech...
- Achatinella cestus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic...
- became a weapon. Metal studs were introduced to the strips to make the cestus. Fighting events were held at Roman amphitheatres. Records of boxing activity...
- matches and practices. Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the ancient cestus) which were designed as a lethal weapon, modern boxing gloves are non-lethal...
- who fought from chariots or carts, or from horseback. At an unknown date, cestus fighters were introduced to Roman arenas, probably from Greece, armed with...
- (in June 1863 he lectured on the Alps), art practice and judgement (The Cestus of Aglaia), botany and mythology (Proserpina and The Queen of the Air)....
- novels such as Matthew Stover's Shatterpoint (2003), Steven Barnes' The Cestus Deception (2004), Sean Stewart's Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (2004), and Luceno's...