A “civil commotion” Is an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to re- COMMUNE 229 COMMUNIS OPINIO belllon where there is a usurped power . 2 Marsh. Ins. 793; Boon v. Insurance Co., 40 Conn. 5S4; Grame v. Assur. Soc., 112 U. S. 273, 5 Sup. Ct. 150, 2S L. Ed. 710; Spruill v. Insurance Co., 40 N. C. 127. COMMUNE, n. A self-governing town or village. The name given to the committee of the people in the French revolution of 1793; and again, in the revolutionary uprising of 1871, it signified the attempt to establish absolute self-government In Paris, or the mass of those concerned in the attempt. In old French law, it signified any municipal corporation . And in old English law , the commonalty or common people. 2 Co. Inst. 540. COMMUNE, adj. Lat. Common.
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