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tods, the corolla is said to be monopeta- 

 kms, dipetalous, tripetalous, &.C. 



COKO1.LAHY is an useful consequence 

 drawn from something already advanc- 

 ed or demonstrated: thus it being de- 

 monstrated that a triangle, which has two 

 equal sides, has also two angles equal ; 

 this corollary will follow, that a triangle 

 which has three sides equal, has also 

 its three angles equal. 



CORONA, in architecture, the princi- 

 pal crowning member of a cornice, being 

 the most prominent vertical face in the 

 entablature. 



CORONARIJE, in botany, the tenth 

 order of plants, in Linnaeus' Fragments of 

 a Natural Method. Under this name 

 Linn?eus gives a great number of gene- 

 ra, most of which furnish very beauti- 

 ful flowers, as the hyacinthus, agave, 

 polyanthus. &.c. 



CORONATION, the public and solemn 

 confirming the title, and acknowledging 

 the right of governing to a king or 

 queen ; at which time the prince swears 

 reciprocally to the people, to observe 

 the laws, customs, and privileges of the 

 kingdom, and to act and do all tilings 

 conformable thereto. 



CORONER, an ancient officer of this 

 kingdom, so called because he is wholly 

 employed for the king- and crown. The 

 office of coroners especially concerns the 

 pleas of the crown ; and they are conser- 

 vators of the peace in the county where 

 elected, being usually two for each coun- 

 ty. Their authority is judicial and minis- 

 terial : judicial where a person conies to a 

 violent death; to take and enter appeals 

 of murder, pronounce judgment on out- 

 lawries, &c. and to enquire into the lands, 

 goods, and escape of murderers, treasure- 

 troT-e, wreck of the sea, deodands, 8cc. 

 The ministerial power is when coroners 

 execute the king's writs, on exception 

 taken to the sheriff, as being parly in a 

 fiit, of kin to either of the parties, or on 

 the default of the sheriff, &c. The au- 

 thority of the coroner does not terminate 

 on the demise of the king. On default of 

 sheriff's, coroners are to impannel juries, 

 and to return issues on juries not ap- 

 pearing, &.C. 



The coroner shall have for his fee, upon 

 every inquisition taken upon the view of 

 the body slain, 13*. 4d. of the goods and 

 chattels of him that is the slayer and 

 murderer, if he have any goods ; and if 

 be have no goods, of such amercement, 

 as any township should happen to be 

 amerced for the escape of the murderer. 

 3 Hen. VII. But as the said fee of 1&. 



4d. is not an adequate reward for the ge- 

 neral execution of the said office, there- 

 fore, for every inquisition, not taken upon 

 view of a body dying in gaol, the coro- 

 ner shall have 20s. and also 9d. for every 

 mile he shall be compelled to travel 

 from his usual place of abode to take 

 such inquisition ; to be paid by order of 

 the justices in sessions, out of the coun- 

 ty rates. 25 Geo. II. c. 29. s. 1. 



CORONILLA, in botany, a genus of 

 the DiudelphiaDecandria class and order. 

 Natural order of Papilionaceae, or Le- 

 guminosae : Essential character : ral\ x 

 two lipped, the upper teeth connate; 

 standard scarcely longer than the wings ; 

 legume contracted between the seeds. 

 There are fourteen species, mostly natives 

 of the South of F ranee, Switzerland, Italy, 

 and Geneva. 



CORPORAL, an inferior officer, under 

 a Serjeant, in a company of foot, who has 

 charge over one of the divisions, places 

 and relieves centinels, and keeps good 

 order in the corps de garde ; he also re- 

 ceives the word from the inferior rounds, 

 which passes by his corps de garde. This 

 officer carries a fusee, and is commonly 

 an old soldier: there are generally three 

 corporals in each company. 



CORPORAL of a ship, an officer who has 

 the charge of setting and relieving the 

 watches and Gentries, and who sees that 

 the soldiers and sailors keep their arms 

 neat and clean : he teaches them how 

 to use their arms, and has a mate under 

 him. 



CORPORATION, a body politic, or in- 

 corparate, so called, because the persoiis 

 or members are joined into one body, and 

 are qualified to take and grant, &.c. Cor- 

 porations are either spiritual or tempo- 

 ral : spiritual, as bishops, deans, arch -dea- 

 cons, parsons, vicars, &c. Temporal, as 

 mayor, commonalty, bailiff, burgesses, 

 &c. And some corporations are of a mix. 

 ed nature, composed of spiritual and tem- 

 poral persons, such as heads of colk-^cs 

 and hospitals, &c. All corporations are 

 said to be ecclesiastical or lay : ecclesi- 

 astical are either regular, as abbies, pri- 

 ories, chapters, &c. or secular, as bishop- 

 rics, deaneries, archdeaconries, &c. lay, as 

 those of cities, towns, companies, or com- 

 munities of commerce, &.C. 



Corporations may be established three 

 different ways, viz. by prescription, letters 

 patent, or act of parliament; but are most 

 commonly established by patent or char- 

 ter. London is a corporation by prescrip- 

 tion : but though corporations may be by 

 prescription, yet it shall be intended, that 



