Constable
Constable, Kiin'sta-131 (of. Concstable, Fr, Connc'tablc, From Me. Conestabulus, Come Stabulus, Coin Istnhuli, Constable, From Lat. Comes .,stnbuli, Count Of The Stable). (1) An Officer Of Great Dignity And Authority In The Eastern Roman Empire, Whence The Office Passed, With Varying Functions But No Loss Of Authority, To The West ...
Constance
Con'stance (ger. Konstanz; Or Kostnitz). A City Of The Grand Duchy Of Baden, Situ Ated On Both Banks Of The Rhine, Where It Leaves Lake Constance, About 35 Miles Northeast Of Zurich (slap: Germany, C 5). Remains Of Its Ancient Fortifications Arc Still Extant In The Two Old City Gates. ...
Constant De Rebecque
Constant De Rebecque, Kon'stiix' Dc Ra'bele. Henri Benjamin (1767-1830). A Dis Tinguished French Politician And Novelist, Born At Lausanne. October 23, 1767. His Family Was Protestant, And Had Taken Refuge In Switzerland From Religious Persecution. Till Thirteen, Con Stant Studied At Lausanne, Then Successively At Oxford, Erlangen, And Edinburgh, Laying ...
Constantine
Constantine, Kon'stan-ten'. A Fortified City And A Catholic Episcopal See, The Capital Of Constantine, The Easternmost Department Of Algeria (map: Africa E 1). It Is Situated On A Precipitous Hill With A Flat Summit, Three Sides Of Which Are Washed By The Rummel,flowing Through A Deep And Narrow Ravine. The ...
Constantinople
Constan'tino'ple (lat. Constantinope Lis, From Gk. Kovaravrivou 71-6xls, Konstantinou Polis, City Of Constantine. Turk. Istambul Or )tambul, From Gk. Eis Dip Cis Ten Polin, Or, In The Corrupted Dialect Of The People, Is Rcia Macy, Es Lain Bolin, To The City). The Capital And Largest City Of The Ottoman Empire, ...
Constants Of Nature
Constants Of Nature. A Term Ap Plied To Various Unchangeable Quantities That Are Found To Be Characteristic Of Natural Phe Nomena Or Relations. The Propagation Of Light Through Space Takes Place Invariably At The Rate Of 186,770 Miles Per Second, And Hence The Velo City Of Light May Be Referred ...
Constellation
Constellation (lat. Consteliatio, Front Corn-, Together + Stella, Star,. Gk. Dcri-hp, Astfr, Skt. Star, Ar. Star.), 01-1g. Stern°, Sterro, Ger. Stern, As., Engl. Star). A Group Of Stars. From A Time Earlier Than Authentic Records Can Trace, The Stars Have Been Formed Into Artificial Groups, Which Have Received Names Borrowed ...
Constitution
Constitution (lat. Ronstitutio, A Settle Ment Of A Controversy; Then A Decree: From Con Stiturre, To Cause To Stand, To Establish, From Con- + Slat Sere, To Erect. To Establish). Formerly Used Of Any Law Promulgated By Sovereign Au Thority. In The Roman Empire, The Imperial Leg Islation, Decreed And ...
Constitution Of The United
Constitution Of The United States. The Federal Constitution Of The United States Of America Is One Of The Class Of `written' And 'rigid' Constitutions, And The Most Important Example Of A Constitution Of The `supreme' Or 'extraordinary' Type. That Is To Say, It Is Not Only The Result Of A ...
Constitutional Conventions
Constitutional Conventions. The Fact That Conventions May Be Made Up Of Delegates Repre K.enting The Whole Body Of The People Of A State, And Chosen Specifically To Represent The Popular Will In A Particular Matter, Has Made Them A Favorite Instrument For Framing A New Scheme Of Government Or For ...
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law. In General, That Branch Of Public Law Which Deals With The Nature And Organization Of Government, The Dis Tribution And Mode Of Exercising The Sovereign Powers Of The State, And The Relations Of The Gov Ernment To Those Who Are Subject To Its Authority. It Has Nothing To ...
Consul
Consul (lat., Ol. Conso/, Probably From Eo»sulcre, To Consult; Less Plausibly From Con-, With Salire, To Leap). The Title Given To The Two Chief Magistrates Established In Lloinj On The Expulsion Of The Kings In B.c. 509. So Violent Was The Hatred Of The Monarchy That The Romans Were Unwilling ...
Consulate
Consulate (fr. Mislaid). The Form Of Government In France From 1799 To 1so4. After The Sudden Overthrow Of The Directory On The 18th Brumaire (november 9, 1799), The Members Of The Council Of Ancients And The Five Hun Dred, Or Rather Such Of Them As Approved Of That Act Of ...
Consumers League
Consumers' League. An "association Of Persons Who Desire, So Far As Possible, To Do Their Buying In Such A Way As To Further The Wel Fare Of Those Who Make Or Distribute The Things Bought." It Recognizes That Every One Is A Con Sumer; That The Individual Purchaser Is Indi ...
Consumption
Consumption (lat. Consumptio, A Con Suming, From Con.sunicre, To Consume, From Cum-, Together Suincre, From Sub, Under ± Cmcre, To Buy). One Of The Divisions—with Production, Exchange, And Distribution—into Which The Sub Ject Of Political Economy Is Commonly Divided. In The Greater Part Of The Works Upon The Sub Ject, ...
Contagious Diseases
.contagious Diseases. The Law Takes Cognizance Of Contagious And Infectious Dis Eases As They Menace The Public Health, For The Protection Of Which Health And Quo Routine Laws Are Enacted Under The Broad Authority Of The Police Power Of The State. (see Police Power.) For Purposes Of Administration, This Power ...
Contarini
Contarini, Kon'tn•re'ne. The Name Of A Noble Family In Venice, One Of The Twelve That Elected The First Doge. Between 1043 And 1674, Seven Doges Were Furnished By This Family, And Several Of Its Members Were Men Of Note. Do Menico, Doge In 1043-71, Was The First Of The Fam ...
Conti
Conti, K5x9.6', Hot Se Of. A Younger Branch Of The House Of Bourbon-conde (see Cosnt). It First Appears In French History In The Six Teenth Century When Francois, Son Of Louis De Bourbon, First Prince Of Conde, Took The Name Of :marquis De Conti From His Mother's Fief Of Conti-sur-selles, ...
Continent 1il
Continent (1il. Continens, From Lat. Eon Tincrc, To Touch, From Con-, Together Tenerc, To Hold). The Largest Natural Land Division; Of Greater Area Than An Island Or Peninsula. The Outer Portion Of The Earth Is Composed Of Two 'layers, The Solid Rocky Crust, Or 'lithosphere,' And The Water Areas, Or ...
Continental System
Continental System. The Name Given To The Commercial Policy Adopted By Napoleon For The Purpose Of Shutting England Out From All Connection With The Continent Of Europe, And Thus Compelling Her To Acknowledge The Maritime Law As Established At The Peace Of Utreeht. This System Began With Napoleon's Famous Ber ...
Continuity
Continuity (lot. Continvitas, From Con Tinuos, Uninterrupted, From Continere, To Hold Together, From Corn-, Together + Icacre, To Hold). Ln Geometry, A Vital Principle Which Asserts That If From The Nature Of A Particular Problem We Would Expect A Certain Number Of Solutions, Then There Will Be The Sonic Number ...
Contraband Of War
Contraband Of War (it. Contrabban Do, Sp., Port. Contraband°, From Ml. Contra Bannu-m, Contraband, From Contra, Against + Bendam, Proclamation, Front 011g. Bee, Ger. Bann, As. Boon, Engl. Ban; Ultimately Con Nected With Lat. Rini, Gk. Trpijpat, Phpnai, To Speak). Goods Of Such Character As To Be Liable To Seizure ...
Contract
Contract (from Lat. Contruhare, To Draw Up, From Con-, Together + Trahere, To Draw). In English And American Law, An Agreement, En Forceable At Law, Between Two Or More Parties To Do Or Not To Do A Particular Thing. The Ele Ments Essential To All Forms Of Contracts Are: (a) ...
Contract Surgeon
Contract Surgeon. In The 'united States Army, A Civilian Physician Or Dental Surgeon. Employed Under Contract With The Sur Geon-general Of The Army. Civilian Physicians And Dentists May Be Employed As Contract Sur Geons And Contract Dental Surgeons Under Con Tracts Entered Into By, Or With The Authority Of, The ...
Contrast
Contrast (fr. Contrastc, From Ml. Con Trastarc, To Withstand, From Lat. Contra, Against -1- Stare, To Stand). The Enhancement Of The Dif Ference Between Objects Or Attributes Of Objects Which Results From Their Juxtaposition Or Im Mediate Comparison. Contrast Has Been Eau Played, Very Loosely, As A Principle Of Explanation ...
Contribution
Contribution ( La T. Contributio, From Contribucre, To Contribute, From Con-, Together + (ribucre, To Grant, From (rib Us, Tribe; Probably Connected With Trabs, Beam, Unib. Trefu, Welsh Tref, Village, Goth. Peer!), As. Porp, Ohg. Dorf, Ger. Dorf, Village). In The Law Of War, A Levy Of Money Or Supplies ...
Convention
Convention (fr., From Lat. Conrcatio, Coming Together, A Meeting, From Convcoirc, To Meet, From Coo-, Together + Venire, To Come). 1 N The Civil Law-, A Contract, Pact, Or Treaty. Hence, In More General Usage, A Rule Of Conduct Depending Upon Agreement, Express Or Implied, Rather Than On Any Positive ...
Conversion
Conversion. As A Term Of The Com Mon Law, The Unauthorized Assumption Of The Powers Of The True Owner Over Goods Or Personal Property. The Act Of Conversion May Consist Either In The Destruction Of The Property, The Sale Or Transfer Of It To A Third Person, Or The Use ...
Conveyance
Conveyance (from Convey, Of. Conveier, Convoier, Fr. Convoyer, From 1\il. Conviere, To Ac Compa-ny. From Corn-, Together + Via, Way; Con Nected With Tab. Wcza, Wagon-track, Skt. Vaha, Road, Goth. Wigs, Org. Wee, Ger. Trey, As. Weg, Engl. Way, From Lat. Reherc, Skt. Vah, To Carry). The Technical Term For ...
Conveyancing
Conveyancing. The Act Or Art Of Pre Paring The Deeds Or Instruments Used For The Transference Of Property From One Person To Another. As Such Writings Not Only Form The Evidence Of The Right Of The Person Pos Sessing Or Claiming Possession Of Property. But Do In Themselves Constitute The ...
Convict Labor
Convict Labor. In All Penitentiaries The Work Of Keeping The Institution In Good Order And Carrying On The Domestic Arrangements Is Done By The Prisoners. In Addition, Repairs And Improvements, Such As Constructing New Build Ings, Is Often Done By Inmates Under Expert Direction. This Would Not Furnish Sufficient Em ...
Convocation
Convocation (lat. Convocatio, From Con Vocare, To Call Together, From Corn-, Together ± Vocarc, To Call, From Cox, Voice). An Assembly Of The Clergy Of The Church Of England, Analo Gous In Many Respects To Parliament. At The Same Time With Which It Usually Meets. As A Factor In The ...
Convulsion
Convulsion (lat. Conmasio, Convulsion). A Symptom Of Disease Occurring In Sudden At Tacks During Which The Patient Generally Loses Consciousness; The Muscles Of A Part Or Of Much Of The Body Are Contracted And Relaxed Involun Tarily, In Spasmodic And Irregular Movements; The Eyes Are Generally Open, The Eyeballs Turned ...
Convulsionaries
Convulsionaries (fr. Convulsionnaires, From Lat. Con Rulsio, Convulsion, From Coffee/ere, To Convulse, From Cm-, Together -i- Venire, To Pluck). A Fanatical Sect Of Jansenists Who Sprang Up In Franee About 1730. Their Meeting Place Was The Churchyard Of Saint Medard, In A Suburb Of Paris, Where Was The Tomb Of ...
Cook
Cook, Captain James (172s-79). A Cele Brated English Navigator. He Was The Son Of A Farm Laborer: Was Born At Marton, Yorkshire; Was Meagrely Educated At The Village School, And, At Twelve Years Of Age, Was Apprenticed To A Small Shopkeeper In The Fishing Village Of Staithes. Disagreeing With His ...
Cooke
Cooke, Jonx Esten (1830-86). An Ameri Can Novelist. He Was Born At Winchester. Va.. The Son Of A Distinguished Lawyer, John Rogers Cooke, And Brother Of Philip Pendleton Cooke (q.v.). He Studied Law, But Showed Early A Lit Erary Bent, And Published Several Books Before He Was Twenty-five. Among These ...
Cooper Union For The
Cooper Union For The Advance Ment Of Science And Art. An Insti Tution Established In New York City In 1859 For The Free Instruction Of The Working Classes In Iipplied Science, Art, And Social And Political Science, The Union Embodies The Social Phi Losophy Of Its Founder, Peter Cooper (q.v.), ...
Cooperage
Cooperage (from Coop, As. Eypa, Os. Ccpu, 011g. Chuofa, Ger. .liufe, Vat, From Ml. Copa, Lat. Cu Pa, Vat, Gk. Korv, Kype, Bole, Skt. 1,47pa, Well). The Art Of Making Vessels Of Pieces Of Wood Bound Together By Hoops. It Is A Very An Cient Art, Such Vessels Having Been ...
Cooperative Distribution
Cooperative Distribution. This Is Some Times Called Consumers' Cooperation, And Is An Effort To 110 Away With The Middleman And To Have The Consumers Themselves Organize Distribu Tive Stores And Reap The Profit Which Would Otherwise Fall To The Storekeeper. There Can Of Course Be No Doubt That Under Existing ...
Coordinates
Coordinates (from 91l. Eoordinare, To Coordinate, From Lat. Co-, Together ± Ordinare, To Arrange. From O•do, Order). Magnitudes Which Serve To Determine The Position Of An Element.— Point, Line. Or Plane—relative To Some Fixed Figure. For Instance, Latitude And Longitude Are Arcs (or Angles) That Define The Position Of A ...
Coosy
Coo'sy. See I:1:81. Coot (probably From Welsh Crab°, Corn, Cut, Ir., Gael. Eutacli, Bob-tailed). A Kind Of Rail Or 'mud-hen' 1 Fulica), Distinguished From Other Rails (q.v.) Chiefly In Having The Toes Edged With A Scalloped Membrane. Coots Have A Strong, Straight Bill, The Base Of Which Extends Up The ...
Copal
Copal (mex. Copalli, Resin). A Resinous Mineral Substance Of Vegetable Origin, Chiefly Used In The Manufacture Of Varnishes And Lac Quers. The Hardest Varieties Are Used Like Amber, For Making Various Objects. It Appears In Commerce In Smooth Rounded Masses, Colorless Or Lemon-yellow, Translucent Or Transparent, Rather Brittle, Fusible At ...
Coparcenary
Copar'cena'ry (from Co- Pareenary, From Of. Pa Reenerie, From Pareener, Partner, From .ml. Partionarins, Having A Share, From Lat. Part Itio, Share, From Pars, Portion). An Estate In England Originating In Descent To Two Or More Persons, Called Thence Coparceners Or Par Eeners. It Generally Arises Under The Rule Of ...
Copenhagen
Co'penha'gen (dan. Kjdbenharn, Mer Chants' Raven, From Kjabe, Ger. Kaufcn, To Buy Ham?, (ier. Buten, Haven). The Capital And Largest City Of Denmark, Situated On The Islands Of Zealand And Amager, In Latitude 55' 41' N., And Longitude 12° 33' E. (map: Denmark, F 3). The Kalvebod Strand, An Inlet ...
Copernican System
Copernican System. Tl:e System Which Represents The Sun To Be At Rest And The Earth And Planets To Move Round It; In Other Words, That Which We Now Know, On Unquestion Able Evidence, To Be The True System Of Astronomy. ( See Ptolematc System.) It Has Its Name From Copernicus, ...
Copernicus
Copernicus (latinized Form Of Kopper C1 , Nicholas A Celebrated Ger Man Astronomer. Born At Thorn, A Prussian Town On The Vistula, At That Time Belonging To Poland. He Was Instructed In The Latin And Greek Lan Guages At Home; In 1491 He Was Sent To The Uni Versity Of ...
Copper
Copper. A Metallic Element Known To The Ancients. It Is Mentioned In The Bible, Al Though The Term There Used Is Believed To Include Also Brass And Bronze. The Prehistoric Inhab Itants Of North America Worked The Native Cop Per Deposits Of The Lake Superior Region. Specimens Of Metal-work Of ...
Copperhead
Copperhead. A Venomous North Ameri Can Snake (.1neistrodon Contortrix) Of The Rattle Snake Family. It May Exceed Four Feet In Length, And Has A Burnished Copper-colored Head, Hazel Brown (sometimes Golden) Body, With Y-shaped Dark Blotches On The Sides, Which Usually Meet Over The Back. The Belly Is Marked With ...
Coprolites
Cop'rolites .( From Glc. Kbir Pas, Kopro•, Dung + War, Lithos, Stone). The Fossil Excre Ments Of Animals Found At Times In The Paleo Zoic And Mesozoic Strata Of The Earth's Crust. Their True Nature Was First Inferred From Their Occurrence In The Bodies Of Several Species Of Ichthyosaurus, In ...
Copts
Copts. The Name Given To The Christian Descendants Of The Ancient Inhabitants Of Egypt. The Arabic Word Qubt Is Probably Nothing But A Mutilation Of Egypt (not Of Koptos, Or Ja Cobite). The Present Number Of The Copts Is Estimated As High As 500.000 By Some Authorities ; Other Authorities ...
Copyhold
Copyhold. A Species Of Estate Or Right Of Property In Land In Ireland And England, The Modern Form Of The Ancient Tenure In Villeinage, And Closely Resembling In Many Particulars The Feu Rights Of Scotland. Copyhold Is Expressed Technically As "tenure By Copy Of Court-roll At The Will Of The ...
Copying
Copying. A Term Applied In Photography To The Reproduction Of Paintings, Engravings, Manuscripts, Maps, Etc. A Copying Camera Is Usually Employed, But Any Form Of Camera, Where The Distance Between The Lens And Plate Can Be Made Sufficiently Great, May Be Used For This Pur Pose. The Lens Should Be ...
Copying Machines
Copying Machines. The Various Con Trivances For Procuring- Duplicates Of Manu Scripts Without The Labor Of Transcribing Them May Be Reduced To Two Classes. In The One, The Writing Is First Made, And Then Copied: In The Other, The Copy And The Original Are Produced At The Same Time. The ...
Copyright
Copyright. The Exclusive Right Of Re Producing, By Writing, Printing, Or Otherwise. The Language And Form Of A Literary Or Artistie Pro Duction, And Of Publishing And Vending The Same. In This Broad Sense The Right Is Wholly Modern. Being Based Upon A Series Of Statutes, Beginning With 8 Anne, ...
Coquelin
Coquelin, Benoi• Constant (1541—). A Distinguished French Actor, Known As Coquelin Ainel. To Differentiate Him From His Younger Brother, Coquelin Cadet. Porn At Boulogne-imr-mer, January 23, 1841. He Early Showed Such Dramatic Gifts That He Was Sent To The Paris Conservatoire (1859). The Following Year He Took The Seeond Prize ...
Coral Island And Coral
Coral Island And Coral Reef. An Island Or Marine Ridge Formed From The Petrified Skeletons Of Coral Polyps. They Are Numerous In The Warmer Portions Of The Pacific And In The Indian Ocean, Where The Growth Of Coral Goes On With Great Rapidity, Occurring To A Lesser Extent In The ...
Coral Of
Coral (of. Coral, Lat. Eorallum, Corallius, From Gk. Kopaxxiov, Korai/ion, Coral; Of Uncer Tain Origin, Possibly A Loan-word From Heb. Oral, Small Stone). A Calcareous Or Horny Secretion Or Deposit Of Many Kinds Of Polyps Of The Class Anthozoa, Which Assume Various And Often Beau Tiful Forms. Millepore 'coral' Is ...
Cordoba
Cordoba, Kor'd6-na, Or Cor'dova. The Flourishing Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name In _argentina, On The Rio Printer°, A Tributary Of The Parana (map: Argentina, E 10). It Is Situated At An Elevation Of About 1205 Feet, And Is Regularly Laid Out And Well Built, Except On The ...
Cordova
Cordova, K6rfdo-va. Or Cordoba, Korf D6-na (lat. Co•duba, From Phcenieian Karta Tuba, Great City). A City Of Spain, And Capital Of The Province Of Cordova, Situated On The Gua Dalquivir, 120 Miles By Rail North Of Malaga (map: Spain. C 4). It Lies At An Altitude Ex Ceeding 300 Feet ...
Corfu
Cor'fu (gk. K6perpa, Korkyra, Or Kipsvpa, Kcrkyra, Lat. Coreyra). The Most Northerly Of The Ionian Islands (q.v.), In Latitude 39' 20' To 39° 50' N., Longitude 19' 40' To 20° 10' E. It Has A Length Of About 3s Miles, With A Breadth Varying From 3 Or 4 To 20 ...
Corinth
Corinth (gk. 1c6piveos, Korinthos; Said To Have Been Called In Early Times Ephyra). An Ancient City Of Greece, Situated At The South End Of The Isthmus Connecting The Northern Division Of Greece With The Peloponnesus. Its Citadel Was The Acroeorinthus, An Isolated Bill 1881; Feet. High. With Precipitous Sides, And ...
Cork
Cork. A City, Civic County, Port. And Par Liamentary Borough, Capital Of Cork County, Ire Land, On The Lee. 11 Miles Above Its Discharge Into The Sea, And Miles Southwest Of Dub Lin By Rail (map: Ireland, C 5). It Stands In The Centre Of A Picturesque Valley, Partly On ...
Cormorant
Cormorant (fr. Cormo•an, It. Corro Ma ; In From Corro, Crow, And Merino, Marine; Cf. Bret. Mo•rran, Cormorant, From Mo•, Lat. Mom, Sea + Bran, Crow). A Group Of Web-footed Birds Comprising The Steganopode Family Phalacrocora Cidx, Characterized Especially By A Bare Dilat Able Membrane Beneath The Lower Mandible, But ...
Corn Insects
Corn-insects, Insects Affecting Indian Corn Are Numerous And Varied.—plant Lire: An Aphis I Rhopalosildium Maidis) Is Widely Dis Tributed By Means Of Its Migratory Winged Swarms; It Lays Its Eggs On The Stems Of The Corn Beneath The Ground, And The Young Attack The Roots: The Ants Assist This Injury ...
Corn Laws
Corn Laws. A Name Given In England To The Long Series Of Statutes Dating As Far Back As The Reign Of Edward M., And Terminating Only In The Year 1846, Which Had For Their Object The Regulation Of The Trade In Grain. The Tenor Of These Laws Varied With The ...
Corneille
Corneille, K5entey', Pierre (1606-s4). One Of The Greatest Tragic Poets Of France. Ile Was Born At Rouen, June 6, 1606, The Son Of A Lawyer And Magistrate Of Worth, Ennobled In 1637. He Was Trained By The Jesuits, Took The Advocate's Oaths In 1624, And Held Minor Legal Offices Until ...
Cornell University
Cornell University. An Institution Of Higher Education, Situated At Ithaca, N. Y. The University Owes Its Origin To The Hun. Ezra Cornell (q.v.), Who Desired To Found An Institu Tion Where Any Person Could Find Instruction In Any Study. Under The Morrill Act Of 1862 The State Of New York ...
Corner
Corner. A Commercial Term Of United States Origin, Denoting The Operation, Or More Properly The Resultant Effect, Of Acquiring Contracts For The Delivery Of So Much Of A Commodity Or Of The Stock Or Certificates Of Indebtedness Of A Cor Poration, As To Raise Abnormally The Values There Of To ...
Corneto
Corneto, Kar-nivt6, Or Corneto Tarquinia (from It. Cocoa, Horn). A Town Of Central Italy, About 12 Miles North Of Civitavecchia, Occupying A Commanding Eminence On The Left Bank Of The Marta, And 2 Or 3 Miles From The Mediterranean, Over Which It Has An Extensive View. Corneto Arose Near The ...
Cornice Of
Cornice (of.. It. Cornice. Cornix, Bor Der, From Gk. Kapwric, Korunis, Garland, From Koptdroc, Koronos, Curved; Connected With Lat. Scone, Crown. Lr. •o•. Circle). In Architecture, Either The Crowning Member Of A Wall Or A Projection From It, Such As A Coping, Or The Crown Of A Minor Division, As ...
Cornstalk Disease
Cornstalk Disease. A Disease That Affects Cattle, And Occasionally Horses And Sheep. The Cause Of The Disease Is Still Undetermined. By Some Investigators It Has Been Considered As Due To Corn-smut Or To The Organisms Of The Murrill Disease Of Corn. Others Have Believed That A Poisonous Principle Is Sometimes ...
Cornwall As
Cornwall (as. Cornwcallas, From Welsh, Ir., Bret. Corn, Horn, Lat. Corn A, Gk. Kipac,keras, Goth. /mini. Eng. Horn + As. Wee Lies, Strangers, Ircant, Welsh, Ger. •eiscit, Foreign, Lat. Volcw, Name Of A People). A Maritime County Forming The Southwest Extremity Of England (map: Eng Land, B 6). Its Area ...
Coronation
Coronation ( From Lat. Co•onare, To Crown, From Corona, Crown). The Net Or Cere Mony Of Crowning The Sovereign Of A Monarchical Country. The Use Of Crowns In Antiquity, As A Mark Either Of Honor Or Of Rejoicing, Will Be Ex Plained Under Crown. It Was, No Doubt, As An ...
Coroner
Coroner. A Very Ancient And Important County Officer In England. Ireland. And Wales, Whose Original Duty Appears To Have Been That Of Keeping, As Distinguished From Holding, The Pleas Of The Crown: For Coroners Are Designated In The Earliest Charters Alluding To The Office As Eustodes Placitorum Corona And Coronet ...
Corot
Corot, La.vro'. Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875). A French Landscape Painter, Born In Paris, July 29. 179g. His Father Was A Hair Dresser Who Married A Milliner, And By Shrewd Management Of Her Business Gained A Compe Tence. Camille Was Educated In The College In Rouen, His Father's Home, And On ...
Corporal Punishment
Corporal Punishment. Punishment By The Infliction Of Pain Or Hardship Upon The Body. As Hy Confinement In The Stocks, Branding. Or Flogging. L)rdinarily The Term Is Understood To Refer Only To Flogging Or Whipping Of The Body. Much Has Been Said For And Against This Last Kind Of Punishment, Both ...
Corporation
Corporation (lat. Corporatio, From Porare, To Embody, From Corpus, Body; The Classi Cal Terms Were Corpus, Anircrsitas, Collcgiunt)s Notnan And Civil La•.—the Legal Concep Tion Of The Corporation Was Clearly Worked Out At Roman Law. As A Ship Remains The Same Ship, Although All Its Parts He Gradually Renewed By ...
Corpse Of
Corpse (of., Fr. Corps, Body, From Lat. Cor Pus, Body). A Dead Human Body Is Not Prop Erty In The Ordinary Commercial Sense Of The Term. In The Absence Of A Statute Authorizing It, A Contract For The Sale Of Such A Body Is Void, As Tending To Outrage Decency, ...
Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College (oxford). One Of The Smaller Colleges In The University. It Was The First Of The Renaissance Foundations, And Its Establishment Marks An Epoch In The Intellect Ual History Of The University. It Was Founded In 1516 By Richard Fox, Bishop Of Winchester, And Lord Privy Seal, The ...
Corpus Juris
Cor'pus Ju'ris (lat., Body Of Law). A Comprehensive Collection Of The Entire Body Of Law- Of A Given Jurisdiction. The Phrase Has Been Specifically Applied To Two Great Compila Tions Of Law, Both Based On The Jurisprudence Of The Roman Empire, Viz.: (i ) The Corpus Juris ('irilis. Or Body ...
Correspondence
Correspondence (lat. Coin-, Together + To Answer, From It-, Back Spondcre, To Promise). A Term Used In Mathematics To Certain Reciprocal Relations. If Each In Dividual Of One Group Of Objects Boars A Certain Relation To A Definite Number Of Individuals Of Another Group, And A Definite Number Of Individu ...
Corrupt Practices
Corrupt Practices. Dishonest Methods Employed With The Intent To Influence The Results Of Public Elections. The Practices To Which The Ex Pression Refers Are The Use Of Bribery, Treating, Undue Influence, Personation Of Voters, Making False Election Returns, And Knowingly Making A False Declaration As To Election Expenses. Of These, ...