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Corody
CorodyIncorporeal hereditaments. An allowance of meat, drink, money, clothing, lodging, and such like necessaries for sustenance. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Incorporeal Not consisting of matter. Hereditaments Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee. Money Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money. Necessaries Such things as are proper and requisite for tlie sustenance of man. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Coroner A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths. A coroner has the power to summon people to the inquest. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Cord Measures. A cord of wood must, when the wood is piled close, measure eight feet by four, and the wood must be four feet long. There are various local regulations in our principal cities as to the manner in which wood shall be measured and sold. Co-respondent The individual who is targeted as the partner in an adulterous relationship. Corn In its most comprehensive sense, this term signifies every sort of grain, as well as peas and beans, this is its meaning in the memorandum usually contained in policies of insurance. But it does not include rice. Cornage The name of a species of tenure in England. The tenant by cornage was bound to blow a horn for the sake of alarming the country on the approach of an enemy. Cornet A commissioned officer in a regiment of cavalry. Corody Coroner A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths. A coroner has the power to summon people to the inquest. Corporal 1) An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. 2) In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry. Corporal punishment A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A fine or imprisonment is not considered to be corporal punishment (in the latter case, although the body is confined, no punishment is inflicted upon the body). The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment. Corporal touch It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch. Corporate secretary Officer of a corporation responsible for the official documents of the corporation such as the official seal, records of shares issued, and minutes of all board or committee meetings. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Corody. If you have a better definition for Corody than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Corody may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Corody and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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