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AUL^I M-EviA, the walls of Aulrcir, a mantlme 

 place of Thrace, upon the Eiixine fc?., '.ot far from Apol- 

 lori'a, ami at fomt diilance north from SalmydcfTi'.':. 



AULANA, a town of Paieftinc, 30 iladia dillant from 

 Jenifalem. Hegefippi:s. 



AULAS, 111 Giigraphy, a town of Fraiicr, in the de- 

 partment of the Card, and chiaf place of a canton in 

 the dillricl of Le Vigan, near Le Vij^an. 



AULAX, in Botany. See Protea. 



AULCESTER. SeeALCESTER. 



AULEXDORF, in Geography, a town of Germany, 

 in the c.rcle of Swahia, ar.d barony belonfjing to the fa- 

 mily of Konigfc^g, feattd on a hillnear the Schus, eight 

 miles r.ojth of Kavcnfpurg. N. lat. 47^ 56'. E. long.^g^" 

 30'v 



AULEON Sinus, in Jndenl Geography, a gulf of 

 Thrace, near Byzantium.. 



AULERCI Brannocices, a people fuhjeft to the 

 ^dui, who ai-e fuppofcd to have inhabited that part of Gaul, 

 where is now the canton called Briennois, near the Loire, 

 in the diocefe of Macon. — A. Cenomanl, a people who 

 inhabited that part of Gaul which now forms the diocefe 

 of Mans. — A. Eburovices, a people who occupied the 

 countrj' which is now the diocefe of Evreux : their capital 

 was Mediolanum. 



AULETES, avXuT):,-, in Antiquity, denotes a fliite-plavcr. 

 One of the Ptolen-.ies, kings of Egypt, father of Cleo- 

 patra, bore the furname or denomination of Aiihtss. 



AULETTA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the 

 kingdom of Naples, and province of Priiicipato Citra, four 

 miles W. S. W. from Cangiano. 



AULI, in Ancient Geography, a people of Europe, in 

 Macedonia, who occupied a town, to which they gave their 

 name. 



ALTLIC, AuLicA,.an aCl which a young divine maintains 

 in fome foreign univerfities, upon the admiffion of anew 

 doftor of divinity. It is fo called from the Latin au!a, a 

 ball ; it being in the hall of the univerfity that this aft is 

 ufually held. 



The perfon who prefides at the difputation, is the fame 

 that is to take the doftor's cap. 



AuLic, Au/icus, is alfo an appellation given to certain 

 officers of the emperor, who cornpofe a fuperior court of 

 council, which has an univcrfal junfdiclion, and without 

 appeal, over all the fubjedts of the empire, in all proceffes en- 

 tered therein. 



All caufes relating to points of feudal right or iurifdiftion, 

 together with fuch as rcfpeCl the territories which held of 

 the empire in Italy, belong properly to the jurifdiiftion of 

 the aulic council. This tribunal was formed upon the 

 modc-1 of the ancient court of the palace inftitiited by the 

 emperors of Germany. It depended not upon the ftates 

 of the empire, but upon the emperor ; who h.is the right of 

 appoiiiting, at pleafure, all the judges of whom it is compofcd. 

 Maximilian, in order to procure fome compenfation for the 

 diminution of his authority, by the powers veiled in the 

 imperial chamber, prevailed on the diet A. D. 15 12, to 

 give its confent to the eftablifhm.ent of the aulic council. 

 Since that time it has been a great objetl of policy in the 

 court of Vienna, to extend the jurifdidtion, and fupport the 

 authority of the aulic council, and to circumfcribe and 

 weaken thofe of the imperial chamber , for which the te- 

 dious forms and dilatory proceeding of this chamber have 

 furnifhed the emperor with pretexts. " Lites Spirae," ac- 

 cording to the witticilm of a German lawyer, " fpirant, fed 

 nunquam exfpirant ;" fuch delays are unavoidable in a court 

 compofcd of members named by ftates, jealous of each other. 



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Whereas the judges of the aulic council, depending on one 

 mailer, and being rcfponfible to him alone, are more viuo. 

 rou3 and dccifuc Puffcndorf, de Statu Imptr. Germ. c. v. 



The aulic council is ellablilhed by the emperor, who no- 

 n-.inatcs the officers ; but the elector of Mentz has a richt 

 of vii.ting ,t.-It is compofcd of a prcfident, who is a ca- 

 tha.ie ; a vice-chancellor, prcfented by thecledorof Mentz • 

 aiid of eighteen zi^.f^ors, or counfcllors, nine whereof arc 

 1 roteftants, and nine Romanifts. They are divided into 

 two benches, one of which h occupied by the roLLs. and 

 the other by the lawyers.—They hold their affcmblies in 

 the prcfence of the emperor ; and for that reafon are called 

 'jullitium imperatoris," the " emperor's juftice :" and 

 " auhc council," becaufe theirs follows the emoeror's court, 



au/a, and has Us refid.nce in the plnce where' he i-; This 



court clafhes a little with the imperial chamber of Spires ; 

 as they are preventive of each other ; it not being al- 

 lowed to move any caiife from the one to the other. Nor 

 can the emperor himfeif hinder or fufpend the dccifions of 

 either court ; much lefs call any cauft before himfeif, which 

 has been once before them, without the confent of the ftates 

 of the empire. Yet, in fome cafes, the fame council forbears 

 making a:iy peremptory conclufion, without the emperor's 

 paiticipafon ; and only decrees thus, " Fiat votum ad 

 Caefarem ;" that is, make a report hereof to the emperor 

 ID h's privy-council. 



/d'^V'^"'^^' '" Entomology, a fpecies of Phal^na 

 (Bomiyx) that inhabits Europe and Siberia. The anterior 

 wings are greyifh dotted with vellow ; poilerior ones fulvous, 

 fpottcd with black. Lin. Fn. Suec. 



• ■^^^^^'*^' '" Geography, a town of Germanv, in the 

 circle of Upper Saxony and bithopric of NaumberTj fix 

 miles north of Zeitz. " 



AULICUS, in Conchology, 3 fpecies of CoNus, marked 

 with brown reticulated veini, and interrupted bands of the 

 fame colour. It is a native of Afia, and may be only a va- 

 riety of the tonus lexlile, being extremely variable in its 

 colours and marks. Gmelin mentions feven different kinds, 

 with references to different figures in the works of Martini^ 

 Knorr, and Seba ; the moil remarkable is the fourth variety, 

 the (hell of which is yellowilh-brown inftead of white, and 

 marked reticulariy with heart-ffiaped fpots, difpofed in a 

 perpendicular direction. 



AuLici.-s,'in Entomology, a fpecies of Cerambyx [Cairt. 

 d'mm Fab.) Thorax fmooth and ihining : body opake, black ; 

 wing-cafes fmooth ; antenna: (hort. Inhabits Europe. 



AuLicus, a fpecies of Cimex, that inhabits South Ame- 

 rica ; the colour is red and black, varied with a black band 

 on the upper wings ; lower wings bbck with a white line 

 at the bafe. Tiiis is c'lmex irroraiut of Thunberg, Nov. Inf. 

 or at lea'fl a ^ariety of it. 



AuLicus, a fpecicsof Cryptocephalus {.C'ljlcla) found 

 in Africa, efptcially at the cape of Good Hope. It is 

 black, with a rufous thorax, and azure-blue wing-cafes. 

 Fabricius. 



AuLicus, in Zoology, a fpecies of Coldber, having' 

 184 abdominal plates, and lixty fub-caudal fcales. It is of 

 a greyiih colour with numerous linear white bands which 

 bifurcate on t!ic fides ; on each fide behind the head is a 

 triangular whit.- fpot, and thefe almoft unite at the nape. The 

 len;4th of this kind is about fix inches, and its diameter one 

 third of an inch. It inhabits America, and is deemed a 

 poifonous fnake. 



AULIS, in Anaent Geography, a fea-port town of Boco- 

 tia, lituate at the bottom ot a f.^'all gulf, oppofjte to 

 Chalcis of Eubaa ; and famous for being the place whei« 



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