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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 special province and duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death happening … [Read more...]
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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 species of grand serjeanty. Bac. Abr. "Tenure," N. … [Read more...]
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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 … [Read more...]