A body of law. A term used to slgnlfy a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two princlpal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and the Corpus Juris Canonici
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(Lat.) Body; the body; an aggregate or mass, (of men, laws, or articles;) physical substance, as distinguished from ln-tellectual conception; the principal sum or capital, as distinguished from interest or in-come
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A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body, opiwsed to Incorporeal and spiritual. Civ. Code La. 1900, art 460; Sullivan v. Richardson, 33 Fla. 1, 14 South. 692
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In inter-national law. Ambassadors and diplomatic persons at any court or capital
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A member of a corpo-ration aggregate. Grant, Corp. 48
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Lat. By the body and by the mind; by the physical act and by the mental Intent. Dig. 41, 2, 3
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In Engllsh law. The statute 13 Car. II. SL 2, c. 1; by whlch it was provided that no person should there-after be elected to office iu any corporate town that should not, within one year pre-vlously, have taken the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, according to the rites of the Church of England; and every person so elected was also required to take tl|e oaths of allegiance and supremacy. 3 Steph. Comm. 103, 104; 4 Bl. Comm. 58. This statute is now repealed. 4 Steph. Comm. 51L
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Certain courts in Virginia described as follows: “For each city of the state, there shall be a court called a ‘corporation court,’ to be held by a judge, with like qualifications and elected in the same manner as judges of the county court” Code Va. 1887, 8 3050
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Belonging to a corpora-tion; as a corporate name. Incorporated; as a cori>orate body
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oner’s conrt. In England. A tribunal of record, where a coroner holds his inquiries. Cox v. Royal Tribe, 42 or. 3(55, 71 Pac. 73, 60 L. R. A. 620, 95 Am. St. Rep. 752.-Cor-oner’s ibqnest. An inquisition or examina-tion 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. Boia-liniere v. County Com’rs, 32 Mo. 378
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Relating to the body; bod-ily. Should be distinguished from corporeal, (ff. v
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The name of an ancient officer ot the common law, whose office and functions are continued iu modern Eugllsh aud 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 spe-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 liody. See Bract, fol. 121; 1 Bl. Comm. 346-348 ; 3 Steph. Comm. 33. In England, another branch of hls 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 treos
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The oath ad-ministered to a sovereign at the ceremony of crowning or investing him with the in-slgnia 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
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In old English law. The clergy who abuse their character were so called. Blount
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In old records. To glve the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell
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In logic. A collateral or secondary consequence, deduction, or infer-ence
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The crown. Placita corona; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or pro-ceedlngs, in which the crown was the pros-ecutor
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The name of a writ to exact a corody of an abbey or religions house
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A species of tenure in England, by which the tenant was bound to blow a horn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. It was a spe-cles of grand serjeanty. Bac. Abr. “Ten-ure,” N
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A combination among the dealers in a specific commodity, or outside capitalists, for the purpose of buying up the greater portion of that commodity which is upou the market or may be brought to market, and holding the same back from sale, until the demand shall so far ‘-outrun the llmited supply as to advance the price abnormally. Kirkpatrick v. Bonsall, 72 Pa. 158; wright v. Cudahy, 168 III. 86, 48 N. E. 39; Kent v. Mlltenberger, 13 Mo. App. 506
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To forfeit one’s skin, applied to a person condemned to be whipped; anciently the punishment of a servant. Coriutn perdere, the same. Cori-um rcdimere, to compound for a whipping, wharton
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