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compilations of law which make up the Corpus Juris CiwUs,. This name is often met in a con nection indicating that the entire Corpus Juris Civilis is intended, or, sometimes, the Digest; but its use should be confined to the Codex.-' Code penal. The penal or criminal code of France, enacted in 1810.—Codification. The process of collecting and arranging the laws of a country or state into a code, *. e., into a com plete system of positive law, scientifically or dered, and promulgated by legislative authority. A code or collection of laws; particularly the Code of Justinian. Also a roll or volume, and a book written on paper or parchment. —Codex Gregorianus. A collection of im perial constitutions made by Gregorius, a Bo man jurist of the fifth century, about the middle of the century. It contained the constitu tions from Hadrian down to Constantine. Mac keld. Rom. Law, § 63.—Codex Hermogeni anns. A collection of imperial constitutions made by Hermogenes, a jurist of the fifth cen tury. It was nothing more than a supplement to the Codex Gregorianus, (supra,) containing the constitutions of Diocletian and Maximilian. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 63.—Codex Justinian ens. A collection of imperial constitutions, made by a commission of ten persons appointed by Justinian, A. D. 528.—Codex repetitse prselectionis. The new code of Justinian; or the new edition of the first or old code, promulgated A. D. 534, being the one now ex tant. Mackeld. Rom. Daw, § 78. Tayl. Civil Law, 22.—Codex Theodosianns. A code com piled by the emperor Theodosius the younger, A. D. 438, being a methodical collection, in sixteen books, of all the imperial constitutions then in force. It was the only body of civil law publicly received as authentic in the west ern part of Europe till the twelfth century, the use and authority of the Code of Justinian be ing during that interval confined to the East. 1 Bl. Comm. 81.—Codex vetus. The old code. The first edition of the Code of Justinian; now lost. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 70. A testamentary disposition subsequent to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained, added to, subtracted from, or confirmed by way of republication, but in no case totally revoked. Lamb y. Lamb, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 376; Dunham v. Averill, 45 Conn. 79, 29 Am. Rep. 642; Green v. Lane, 45 N. C. 113; Grimball v. Patton, 70 Ala. 631; Proctor v. Clarke, 3 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 448. A codicil Is an addition or supplement to a will, either to add to, take from, or alter the provisions of the will. It must be exe cuted with the same formality as a will, and, when admitted to probate, forms a part of the will. Code Ga. 1882, § 2404. CODICUXUS. In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and inferior kind of will, in use among the Romans. Mutual purchase. One of the modes in which marriage was contracted among the Romans. The man and the woman delivered to each other a small piece of mon ey. The man asked the woman whether she would become to him a materfamilias, (mis tress of his family,) to which she replied that she would. In her'turn she asked the man CODEX. La t CODICIL. COEMPTIO.

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milias, (master of a family.) On his reply ing in the affirmative, she delivered her piece of money and herself into his hands, and so became his wife. Adams, Rom. Ant 501. CO-EMPTTON. The act of purchasing the whole quantity of any commodity. Whar ton. COERCION. Compulsion; force; duress. It may be either actual, (direct or positive,) where physical force is put upon a man to compel him to do an act against his will, or implied, (legal or constructive,) where the relation of the parties is such that one is un der subjection to the other, and is thereby constrained to do what his free will would refuse. State v. Darlington, 153 Ind. 1, 53 N. E. 925; Chappell v. Trent, 90 Ya. 849, 19 S. E. 314; Radich v. Hutehins, 95 U. S. 213, 24 L. Ed. 409; Peyser v. New York, 70 N. Y. 497, 26 Am. Rep. 624; State v. Boyle, 13 R. I. 538. executor with one or more others. COFFEE-HOUSE. A house of entertain ment where guests are supplied with cof fee and other refreshments, and sometimes with lodging. Century Diet. A coffee-house is not an inn. Thompson v. Lacy, 3 Barn. & Aid. 283; Pitt v. Laming, 4 Camp. 77; In surance Co. v. Langdon, 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 627; Com. v. Woods, 4 Ky. Law Rep. 262. QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD. In English law. A prin cipal officer of the royal establishment, next under the controller, who, in the counting house and elsewhere, had a special charge and oversight of the other officers, whose wages he paid. Cogitationis poenam nemo patitnr. No one is punished for his thoughts. Dig. 48, 19, 18. COGNATES. (Lat cognati.) Relations by the mother's side, or by females. Mac keld. Rom. Law, § 144. A common term in Scotch law. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 4. COGNATI. Lat. In the civil law. Cog nates ; relations by the mother's side. 2 Bl. Comm. 235. Relations in the line of the mother. Hale, Com. Law, c xL Relations by or through females. COGNATIO. Lat. In the civil law. Cognation. Relationship, or kindred gener ally. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 2; Inst 3, 6, pr. Relationship through females, as distin guished from agnatio, or relationship through males. Agnatio a patre sit, cog natio a matre. Inst 3, 5, 4. See AGNATIO. In canon law. Consanguinity, as distin guished from affinity. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 56-58. Consanguinity, as including affinity. Id. CO-EXECUTOR. One who is a Joint C O F F E R E R OF THE