Legal Term Dictionary

In logic. A collateral or secondary consequence, deduction, or inference.

In logic. A collateral or secondary consequence, deduction, or inference. Less...

The crown. Placita coronm; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or proceedings, in which the crown was the prosecutor.

The crown. Placita coronm; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or proceedings, in which the crown was the prosecutor. Less...

In old English law. The clergy who abuse their character were so called. Blount.

In old English law. The clergy who abuse their character were so called. Blount. Less...

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell. —Ooronare nlium. To make one's son a priest. Homo corona t us was one who had received the first tonsure, as preparatory to More...

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell. —Ooronare nlium. To make one's son a priest. Homo corona t us was one who had received the first tonsure, as preparatory to superior orders, and the tonsure was in form of a corona, or crown of thorns. Cowell. Less...

The oath administered to a sovereign at the ceremony of crowning or Investing him with the insignia of royalty, In acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, in which he swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and to act and do all things conformably More...

The oath administered to a sovereign at the ceremony of crowning or Investing him with the insignia of royalty, In acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, in which he swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and to act and do all things conformably thereto. Wharton. Less...

A coroner, (q. v.) Spelman. —Goronatore eligendo. The name of a writ issued to the sheriff, commanding him to proceed to the election of a coroner.—Corona-tore exonerando. In English law. The name of a writ for the removal of a coroner, for a cause which is to be therein assigned, More...

A coroner, (q. v.) Spelman. —Goronatore eligendo. The name of a writ issued to the sheriff, commanding him to proceed to the election of a coroner.—Corona-tore exonerando. In English law. The name of a writ for the removal of a coroner, for a cause which is to be therein assigned, as that he is engaged in other business, or incapacitated by years or sickness, or has not a sufficient estate in the county, or lives in an inconvenient part of it. Less...

The name of an ancient officer of the common law, whose office and functions are continued in modern English and American administration. The coroner is an officer belonging to each county, and is charged with duties both judicial and ministerial, but chiefly the former. It is his siie-cial province and More...

The name of an ancient officer of the common law, whose office and functions are continued in modern English and American administration. The coroner is an officer belonging to each county, and is charged with duties both judicial and ministerial, but chiefly the former. It is his siie-cial province and duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death happening within his territory which occurs through violence or suddenly and with marks of suspicion. This examination (called the "coroner's inquest") is held with a Jury of proper persons upon view of the dead body. See Bract, fol. 121; 1 Bl. Comm. 346-348; 3 Steph. Comm. 33. In England, another branch of his judicial office is to inquire concerning shipwrecks, and certify whether wreck or not, and who is in possession of the goods; and also to inquire concerning treasure trove, who were the finders, and where it is, and whether any one be suspected of having found and concealed a treasure. 1 Bl. Comm. 349. It belongs to the ministerial office of the coroner to serve writs and other process, and generally to discharge the duties of the sheriff, in case of the incapacity of that officer or a vacancy in his office. On the office and functions of coroners, see, further, Pueblo County v. Marshall, 11 Colo. 84, 16 Pac. 837; Cox v. Royal Tribe, 42 Or. 365, 71 Pac. 73, 60 L. R. A. 620, 95 Am. St Rep. 752; Powell v. Wilson, 16 Tex. 59; Lancaster County v. Holyoke, 37 Neb. 328, 55 N. W. 950, 21 L. R. A. 394. —Coroner's court. In England. A tribunal of record, where a coroner holds his inquiries. Cox v. Royal Tribe, 42 Or. 365. 71 Pac. 73, 60 L. R. A. 020. 95 Am. St. Rep. 752.—Coroner's inquest. An inquisition or examination into the causes and circumstances of any death happening by violence or under suspicious conditions within his territory, held by the coroner with the assistance of a jury. Bois-liniere v. County Com'rs, 32 Mo. 378. Less...

Relating to the body; bodily. Should be distinguished from corporeal, (g. v.) —Corporal Imbecility. Physical inability to perform completely the act of sexual intercourse; not necessarily congenital, and not invariably a permanent and incurable impotence. Griffeth v. Griffeth. 162 111. 368, 44 N. E. 820; Ferris v. Ferris, 8 Conn. More...

Relating to the body; bodily. Should be distinguished from corporeal, (g. v.) —Corporal Imbecility. Physical inability to perform completely the act of sexual intercourse; not necessarily congenital, and not invariably a permanent and incurable impotence. Griffeth v. Griffeth. 162 111. 368, 44 N. E. 820; Ferris v. Ferris, 8 Conn. 168.—Corporal oath. An oath, the external solemnity of which consists in laying one's hand upon the Gospels while the oath is administered to him. More generally, a solemn oath. The terms "corporal oath" and "solemn oath" are. in Indiana, at least, used synonymously; and an oath taken with the uplifted hand may be properly described by either term. Jackson v. State, 1 Ind. 185; State v. Norris, 9 N. H. 102; Com. v. Jarboe. 89 Ky. 143, 12 S. W. 138.—Corporal punishment. Physical punishment as distinguished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory; the term may or may not include imprisonment according to the context. Ritchey v. People, 22 Colo. 251, 43 Pac. 1026; People v. Winchell, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 525, note.—Corporal touch.. Bodily touch; actual physical contact; manual apprehension. Less...

In old English law. A corporal oath. Gorporalis injuria non recipit sesti-mationom do future. A personal injury does not receive satisfaction from a future course of proceeding, [is not left for its satisfaction to a future course of proceeding.] Bac. Max. reg. 6; Broom, Max. 278

In old English law. A corporal oath. Gorporalis injuria non recipit sesti-mationom do future. A personal injury does not receive satisfaction from a future course of proceeding, [is not left for its satisfaction to a future course of proceeding.] Bac. Max. reg. 6; Broom, Max. 278 Less...

Belonging to a corporation; as a corporate name. Incorporated; as a corporate body. —Corporate authorities. The title given in statutes of neveral states to the aggregate body of officers of a municipal corporation, or to certain of those officers (excluding the others) who are vested with authority in regard to More...

Belonging to a corporation; as a corporate name. Incorporated; as a corporate body. —Corporate authorities. The title given in statutes of neveral states to the aggregate body of officers of a municipal corporation, or to certain of those officers (excluding the others) who are vested with authority in regard to the particular matter spoken of in the statute, as, taxation, bonded debt, regulation of the sale of liquors, etc. See People r. Knopf, 171 lit 191, 49 N. E. 424; State v. Andrews, 11 Neb. 523, 10 N. W. 410; Com. v. Upper Darby Auditors, 2 Pa. Dist. R. 89; Schaeffer v. Bonham, 95 111. 382.—Corporate body. This term, or its equivalent "body corporate," % is applied to private corporations aggregate; not Including municipal corporations. Cedar County v. Johnson, 50 Mo. 225; East Oakland TP. v. Skinner, 94 U. S. 256, 24 L. Ed. 125; Campbell v. Railroad Co., 71 111. 611; Com. v. Beamish, 81 Pa. St. 391.—Corporate franchise. The right to exist and do business as a corporation; the right or privilege granted by the state or government to the persons forming an aggregate private corporation, and their successors, to exist and do business as a corporation and to exercise the rights and powers incidental to that form of organisation or necessarily implied in the grant. Bank of California v. San Francisco, 142 Cal. 276, 75 Pac. 832. 64 L. R. A. 918, 100 Am. St Rep. 130; Jersey City Gaslight Co. v. United Gas Imp. Co. (C. C.) 46 Fed. 264; Cobb v. Durham County. 122 N. C. 307, 30 S. E. 338; People v. Knight, 174 N. Y. 475, 67 N. E. 65, 63 L. R. A. 87.—Corporate name. When a corporation is erected, a name is always given to it, or, supposing none to be actually given, will attach to it by implication, and by that name alone it must sue and be sued, and do all legal acts, though a very minute variation therein is not material, and the name is capable of being changed (by competent authority) without affecting the identity or capacity of the corporation. Wharton.— Corporate purpose. In reference to municipal corporations, and especially to their powers of taxation, a "corporate purpose" is one which shall promote the general prosperity and the welfare of the municipality, (Wetherell v. De-vine, 116 III. 631, 6 N. E. 24,) or a purpose necessary or proper to carry into effect the object of the creation of the corporate body, (People v. School Trustees, 78 111. 140,) or one which is germane to the general scope of the objects for which the corporation was created or bas a legitimate connection with those objects and a manifest relation thereto. (Weight* man v. Clark, 103 U. S. 256, 26 L. Ed. 392.) Less...