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ure trove, who were the finders, and where it is, and whether any one be suspected of having found and concealed a treasure. 1 Bl. Comm. 349. It belongs to the ministerial office of the coroner to serve writs and other process, and generally to discharge the du ties of the sheriff, in case of the inc&pacily of that officer or a vacancy In his office. On the office and functions of coroners, see, fur ther, Pueblo County v. Marshall, 11 Colo. 84, 16 Pac. 837; Cox v. Royal Tribe, 42 Or. 365, 71 Pac. 73, 60 L. R. A. 620, 95 Am. St Rep. 752; Powell v. Wilson, 16 Tex. 59; Lancas ter County v. Holyoke, 37 Neb. 328, 55 N. W. 950, 21 L. R. A. 394. —Coroner's court. In England. A tribunal of record, where a coroner holds his inquiries. Cox v. Royal Tribe, 42 Or. 365, 71 Pac. 73, 60 L. R. A. 620, 95 Am. St. Rep. 752.—Cor oner's inquest. An inquisition or examina tion into the causes and circumstances of any death happening by violence or under suspicious conditions within his territory, held by the coroner with the assistance of a jury. Bois liniere v. County Com'rs, 32 Mo. 378. CORPORAL. Relating to the body; bod ily. Should be distinguished from corporeal, (q. v.) —Corporal imbecility. Physical inability to perform •> completely the act of sexual inter course; not necessarily congenital, and not in variably a permanent and incurable impotence. Griffeth v. Griffeth, 162 111. 368, 44 N. E. 820; Ferris v. Ferris, 8 Conn. 168.—Corporal oath. An oath, the external solemnity of which con sists in laying one's hand upon the Gospels while the oath is administered to him. More generally, a solemn oath. The terms "corporal oath" and "solemn oath" are, in Indiana, at least, used synonymously; and an oath taken with the uplifted hand may be properly describ ed by either term. Jackson v. State, 1 Ind. 185; State v. Norris, 9 N. H. 102; Com. v. Jarboe, 89 Ky. 143, A2 S. W. 138.—Corporal punishment. Physical punishment as distin guished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory; the term may or may not include imprisonment, accord ing to the context. Ritchey v. People, 22 Colo. 251, 43 Pac 1026; People v. Winchell, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 525, note.—Corporal touch. Bodily touch; actual physical contact; manual apprehension. old English law. A corporal oath. Corporalis injuria non recipit sesti mationem de futuro. A personal injury does not receive satisfaction from a future course of proceeding, [is not left for Its sat isfaction to a future course of proceeding.] Bac. Max. reg. 6; Broom, Max. 278. CORPORATE. Belonging to a corpora tion; as a corporate name. Incorporated; as a corporate body. —Corporate authorities. The title given in statutes of several states to the aggregate body of officers of a municipal corporation, or to cer tain of those officers (excluding the others) who are vested with authority in regard to the par ticular matter spoken of in the statute, as, taxa tion, bonded debt, regulation of the sale of Uauors, etc See People v. Knopf, 171 I1L 191, CORFORALE SACRAMENTTJM. In

the king's servants in an abbey; a pension being given to one of the king's chaplains, for his better maintenance, till he may be provided with a benefice. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 250. See 1 Bl. Comm. 283. COROLLARY. In logic. A collateral or secondary consequence, deduction, or infer ence. CORONA. The crown. Placita coronce; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or pro ceedings, in which the crown was the pros ecutor. CORONA MALA. In old English law. The clergy who abuse their character were so called. Blount. CORONARE. In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell. —Coronare filium. To make one's son a priest. Homo coronatus was one who had re ceived the first tonsure, as preparatory to su perior orders, and the tonsure was in form of a corona, or crown of thorns. Cowell. CORONATION OATH. The oath ad ministered to a sovereign at the ceremony of crowning or investing him with the in signia of royalty, in acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, in which he swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of the kingdom, and to act and do all things conformably thereto. Wharton. CORONATOR. A coroner, (