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mcnt is a countermand to the will, without any escprefs 
words for the fame, and the will is void as to the difpo- 
fition of the land. Alfo if a woman feifed of land in fce- 
fimple, makes a will and devifeth the fame to C. D. and 
his heirs, if he furvive her'; and after die intermarries 
with the faid C. D. there, by taking him to hufband, 
and coverture at the time, of her death, the will is coun¬ 
termanded. But if a woman makes a leafe at will, and 
then marries, this marriage is no countermand to the 
leafe, without exprefs matter done by the nufband to de¬ 
termine the will. Where land is deviled, and after a 
leafe made thereof for years only; it fliall not be a coun¬ 
termand of the will, which is good notwithftanding, for 
the reverfion after the leafe for years is ended : but in 
cafe a man have a leafe for years, and gives it by his 
will, and after furrenders it; it is a countermand*of the 
devife, and the devifee fliall not have his leafe. See 
the article Devise. If a copyholder, like to die, do fur- 
render his eftate to the life of his wife or children, with¬ 
out any confideration of money, and he recover before the 
prefentment and admittance, it may be countermanded ; 
it is otherwife if it be to the ufe of a ftranger. Kitch. 82. 
If there be a feoffment with letter of attorney to make 
livery and leiftn; and before it is made, the feoffor makes 
a feoffment, or bargain and fale of the land, or leafe to 
another, it will be a countermand in law of the authority 
given by the letter of attorney. 2 Brown/. 291. A perfon 
may countermand his command, authority, licence, &c. 
before the tiling is done ; and if he dies, it is counter¬ 
manded. There is alfo a countermand of notice of trial, 
&c. in law proceedings. 
To COUNTERM AR'CH, v. n. To march backward; 
to march in indirect ways. 
COUNTERM AR'CH, f RetroccfTion; march back¬ 
ward ; march in a different direction from the former.— 
How are fuch an infinite number of things placed with 
fuch order in the memory, notwithftanding the tumults, 
marches, and countermarches , of the animal fpirits ? Collier 
on Thought. —Change of meafures ; alteration of condudt. 
—They make him do and undo, go forward and back¬ 
wards by fuch countermarches and retractions, as we do 
not willingly impute to wifdom. Rurnct. 
COUNTERMA'RK, f. A fecond or third mark put 
on a bale of goods belonging to feveral merchants, that 
it may not be opened but in the prefence of them all. 
The mark of the goldfmiths company, to fliew the metal 
is ftandard, added to that of the artificer. An artificial 
cavity made in the teeth of horfes, that have outgrown 
their natural mark, to difguife their age. A mark added 
to a medal a long time after it is ftruck, by which the 
curious know the feveral changes in value which it has 
undergone. Chambers. 
To COUNTERMA'RK, v. a. A horfe is faid to be 
countermarked, when his corner teeth are artificially made 
hollow, a falfe mark being made in the hollow place, in 
imitation of the eye of a bean, to conceal the horfe’s 
age. Farrier's Did. 
COUNTERMI'NE, f. A fubterraneous paffage or 
hole funk into the ground, from which a gallery or 
branch runs out under ground, to feek out the enemy’s 
mine, and difappoint it. Military Did. —After this they 
mined the walls, laid the powder, and rammed the 
mouths ; but the citizens made a countermine, and there¬ 
into they.poured fuch a plenty of water, that the wet 
powder could not be fired. Hayward. —Means of oppo¬ 
sition ; means of counteraction.—He thinking himfelf 
contemned, knowingno countermine againfl: contempt but 
terror, began to let nothing pals, which might bear the 
colour of a fault, without (harp punilhment. Sidney. —A 
ftratagem by which any contrivance is defeated.—The 
matter being brought to a trial of fkill, the countermine 
was only an a£t of felf-prefervation. L'EJlrangc. 
To COUNTERMI'NE, v. a. To delve a paffage into 
an enemy’s mine, by which the powder may evaporate 
without mifehief. To counterwork; to defeat by fecret 
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meafures.—Thus infallibly it mull be, if God do not mi- 
raculoully countermine us, and do more for us than wc can 
do againfl: ourfelves. Decay of Piety. 
COUNTERMO'TION,/I Contrary motion ; oppofi- 
tion of motion.—That reliflance is a countermotion, or equi¬ 
valent to one, is plain by this, that any body which is 
prelfed mull needs prefs again.on the body that preffes it. 
Digby on the Soul. 
COUNTERMU'RE, f. \_covtrcmur, Fr.] A wall built 
up behind another wall, to fupply its place.—The great 
ihot flying through the breach, did beat down houfes ; 
but the countcrmure, new built againfl: the breach, hand¬ 
ing upon a lower ground, it feldom touched. Knolles. 
COUNTERNA'TURAL, adj. Contrary to nature — 
A confumption is a counter natural heCtic extenuation of 
the body. Harvey. 
COUNTERNOI'SE, f. A found by which any other 
noife is overpowered.—They endeavoured, either by a 
conftant fticceflion of lenfual delights to charm and lull 
afleep, or elfe by a covnternoifc of revellings and riotous 
exceffes to drown the fofter whifpers of their confcience. 
Calamy. 
COUNTERO'PENING, f. An aperture or vent on 
the contrary fide.—A tent, plugging up the orifice, would 
make the matter recur to the part difpofed to receive it, 
and. mark the place for a counteropening. Sharp's Surgery. 
COUNTERPA'CE, f. Contrary meafure ; attempts 
in oppofition to any fcheme.—When the lead caunterpaccs 
are made to thefe refolutions, it will then be time enough 
for our maleconten-ts. Swift. 
COUN'TERPANE,/. \_contrepoint, Fr.] A coverlet 
for a bed, or any thing elfe woven in Iquares. It is 
fometimes written, according to etymology, counterpoint; 
In ivory coffers I have ftuff’d my crowns; 
In Cyprus cherts my arras counterpanes. Shakefptare. 
COUNTERPA'RT, f The correfpondent part; the 
part which anfwers to another, as the two papers of a 
contract; the part which fits another, as- the key of a 
cypher.—In fome things the laws of Normandy agreed 
with the laws of England ; f» that they feem to be, as it 
were, copies or counterparts one of another. Hale. 
Oh counterpart 
Of our foft fex ; well are you made our lords: 
So bold, fo great, fo god-like are you form’d, 
How can you love fo filly things as women ? Dryden. 
COUNTERPA'RT, f. in law, is when the feveral 
parts of an indenture are interchangeably executed by 
the feveral parties, that part or copy which is executed 
by the grantor is ufually called the original, and the reft 
are counterparts: though of late it is nioff frequent, and 
better, for all the parties to execute every part; which 
renders them all originals. 2 Comm. 296. 
COUNTERPLE'A, f. inlaw, is when the tenant in 
any real aCtion, tenant by the curtefy, or dower, in his 
anfwer and plea, vouches any one to warrant his title, 
or prays in aid of another, who hath a larger eftate ; as 
of him in reverfion, &c. Or where one that is a ftranger 
to the aCtion, comes and prays to be received to fave liis 
eftate; then that which the demandant allegeth againfl: 
it, why he ftiould not be admitted, is called a counterpica-, 
in which fenfe it is ufed by ftatute 25 Edvv. III. c. 7. 
So that counterplea is in law a replication to aid prier, 
and is fcalled counterplea to the voucher. But when the 
voucher is allowed, and the vouchee comes and demands 
what caufe the tenant hath to vouch him, and the te¬ 
nant ihews his caufe, whereupon the vouchee pleads any 
thing to avoid the warrantry, that is termed a counterplea, 
of the warrantry. 3 Edw. I. c. 39. If on demurrer to a 
counterplea of the voucher upon a warrantry, it .be found' 
againfl the vouchee, judgment fliall not be peremptory, 
but only fct. vocare-, it is otherwife upon a plea to the 
writ tried by the country. 4 Rep. 80. 
To COUNTERPLO'T, v. a. Tq oppofe one machina¬ 
tion by another ; to obviate art by art. 
COUNTER- 
