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tals,.the corolla is said to be monopeta- 

 lous, dipetalous, tripetalous, &c. 



COROLLARY is an useful con sequence 

 drawn from something already advanced 

 or demonstrated : thus it being demon- 

 strated 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. 



CORONARLE, in botany, the tenth 

 order of plants in Linnaeus' Fragments of 

 a Natural Method. Under this name 

 Linnams gives a great number of genera, 

 most of which furnish very beautiful 

 flowers, as the hyaciuthus, agave, poly- 

 anthus, &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 king- 

 dom, and td act and do all things con- 

 formable 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 isjudicial and minis- 

 terial : judicial where a person comes 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- 

 trove, wreck of the sea, deodands, &c. 

 The ministerial power is when coroners 

 execute the king]s writs, on exception 

 taken to the sheriff, as being party in a 

 suit, 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 

 sheriffs, coroners are to impannel juries, 

 and to return issues on juries not appear- 

 ing, &c. 



The coroner shall have for his fee, upon 

 every inquisition taken upon the view of 

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

 chattels of him that is the slayer and 

 murderer, if he have any goods; and if he 

 have no goods, of such amercement, as 

 any township should happen to be amer- 

 ced for the escape of the murderer. 3. 

 Hen. VII. But as the said fee of 13s. 4d. 



is not an adequate reward for the gene- 

 ral execution of the said office, therefore, 

 for every inquisition not taken upon view 

 of a body dying in gaol, the coroner 

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

 he shall be compelled to travel from his 

 usual place of abode to take such inquisi- 

 tion; to be paid by order of the justices 

 in sessions, out of the county rates. 25 

 Geo. II. c. 29. s. 1. 



CORONILLA, in botany, a genus of the 

 Diadelphia Decandria class and order. 

 Natural order of Papilionaceje, or Legu- 

 minosze. Essential character : calyx two- 

 lipped ; the upper teeth connate ; stan- 

 dard scarcely longer than the wings ; le- 

 gume contracted between the seeds. 

 There are fourteen species, mostly na- 

 tives of the south of France, Switzerland, 

 Italy, and Geneva. 



CORPORAL, an inferior officer, under 

 a sergeant, 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- 

 corporate, so called, because the persons 

 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 colleges 

 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, 8tc. lay, 

 as those of cities, towns, companies, or 

 communities of commerce, &c. 



Corporations may be established three 

 different ways,wz. 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 



